The meaning of Cruel

adjective

Causing moral revulsion.

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The uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty

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Unequivocally detestable

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Very bad or unpleasant

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The abominable working conditions made many workers sick.

adjective

Savagely cruel.

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He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

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Extremely cruel

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Barbaric behavior/practices

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Extremely brutal.

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Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards

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Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

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Having or showing a desire to kill and maim.

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A bloodthirsty dictator

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Eager to see or take part in violence

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A bloodthirsty tyrant/crowd

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Eager to see or take part in violence and killing

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A bloodthirsty killer

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Savagely violent.

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A brutal murder

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a brute.

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He was coarse and brutish

adjective

Rough, unpleasant, and often violent

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It has been said that life is often "nasty, brutish, and short".

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Competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others

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A cut-throat business/market/world, scrapping of price fixing legislation led to a cut-throat battl…

adjective

Like or appropriate to a devil in evil and cruelty.

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Devilish tortures

adverb

Very; extremely.

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A devilish clever chap

adjective

Slightly bad, but sometimes in an amusing way

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A devilish grin, a devilish problem

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Characteristic of the devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the devil.

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His diabolical cunning

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Very evil but often intelligent

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A diabolical genius

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Profoundly immoral and wicked.

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His evil deeds

noun

Profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force.

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His struggle against the forces of evil

noun

The condition of being immoral, cruel, or bad, or an act of this type

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[ u ] a contest between good and evil, an evil ruler

adjective

Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.

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A ferocious beast

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Fierce and violent

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Ferocious wild dogs

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Frightening and violent

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A ferocious dog, a ferocious battle, she's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper., the president came…

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Extremely cruel or unpleasant.

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Fiendish methods of torture

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Cruel or evil

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He took fiendish delight in making them wait.

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Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

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Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

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He was fierce proud

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Violent and forceful

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Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

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A battery of heinous crimes

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(esp. of a crime) extremely bad or evil

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Heinous murders

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Capable of or tending towards murder; murderous.

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He had homicidal tendencies

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Likely to murder

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A homicidal maniac

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Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.

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The inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners

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Extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling

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In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman.

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Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

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Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

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Very bad, esp. because too big

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After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

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Capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent.

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A brutal and murderous despot

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Involving murder or violence

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The murderous reign of the emperor caligula

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(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

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Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

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The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

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Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

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A vicious assault

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Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

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(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

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I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

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A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

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Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

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He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…