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cruel
adjective as in vicious, pitiless; causing pain
Strongest matches
atrocious, barbarous, bitter, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, evil, harsh, hateful, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, merciless, painful, relentless, ruthless, sadistic, spiteful, tyrannical, unkind, vicious, wicked
Weak matches
bestial, bloodthirsty, brutish, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hard-hearted, hellish, implacable, inexorable, malevolent, monstrous, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, revengeful, sinful, unfeeling, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, virulent
Example Sentences
"The stress this puts on families is horrendous and cruel," she said.
It would be cruel to root against him.
As in 2012, it remains cruel to bears, who end up exhausted and clinging to a tree.
"I want to commend the three victims in this case for their immense courage in speaking out about the cruel and depraved abuse they suffered, and going through the criminal justice process," she said.
The Human Rights Campaign has called the executive order "a cruel effort by anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom to further stigmatize and discriminate against LGBTQ+ people across the country."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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