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Cruel

Cruel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cruel? [adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" [adj] lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy [adj] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [adj] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cruel: barbarous \| brutal \| fell \| hard \| harsh \| heartless \| inhumane \| rigorous \| roughshod \| savage \| unkind \| vicious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cruel: acute \| afflictive \| agonizing \| animal \| anthropophagous \| atrocious \| barbaric \| barbarous \| beastly \| bestial \| biting \| bloodthirsty \| bloody \| bloody-minded \| bowelless \| brutal \| brutalized \| brute \| brutish \| callous \| cannibalistic \| cold-blooded \| cramping \| cruel-hearted \| cruise \| cutthroat \| demoniac \| demoniacal \| devilish \| diabolic \| diabolical \| distressing \| dog-eat-dog \| Draconian \| excruciating \| fare \| fell \| feral \| ferocious \| fiendish \| fiendlike \| fierce \| flinty \| gnawing \| go \| gory \| grave \| grim \| griping \| hard \| harrowing \| harsh \| heartless \| heinous \| hellish \| hie \| homicidal \| hurtful \| hurting \| implacable \| inclement \| inexorable \| infernal \| inhuman \| inhumane \| journey \| merciless \| monstrous \| murderous \| outrageous \| painful \| paroxysmal \| pass \| piercing \| pitiless \| poignant \| proceed \| pungent \| push on \| racking \| red-handed \| relentless \| remorseless \| repair \| ruthless \| sadistic \| sanguinary \| sanguineous \| satanic \| savage \| self-destructive \| severe \| sharkish \| sharp \| shooting \| slaughterous \| slavering \| spasmatic \| spasmic \| spasmodic \| stabbing \| stinging \| subhuman \| suicidal \| Tartarean \| tormenting \| torturous \| travel \| truculent \| unchristian \| uncivilized \| uncompassionate \| uncompassioned \| unfeeling \| unforgiving \| unhuman \| unkind \| unmerciful \| unpitiful \| unpitying \| unremorseful \| unsparing \| unsympathetic \| unsympathizing \| unyielding \| vicious \| wend \| without mercy \| wolfish See Also \| Cruel In Webster's Dictionary \Cru"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), n. See {Crewel}. \Cru"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See {Crude}.] 1. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless. Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are cruel and have no mercy. --Jer. vi. 22,23. 2. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery. Cruel wars, wasting the earth. --Milton. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath for it was cruel. --Gen. xlix. 7. 3. Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh. You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength. --Shak.

Cruel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cruel?

[adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
[adj] lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy
[adj] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
[adj] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"

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Cruel In Webster's Dictionary

\Cru"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), n.
See {Crewel}.


\Cru"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis,
fr. crudus. See {Crude}.]
1. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to
   hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic
   kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted;
   merciless.

         Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . .
         they are cruel and have no mercy.     --Jer. vi.
                                               22,23.

2. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.

         Cruel wars, wasting the earth.        --Milton.

         Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their
         wrath for it was cruel.               --Gen. xlix.
                                               7.

3. Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

         You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength.
                                               --Shak.

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