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| 1. | [ adjective ] lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy | |
| Synonyms: | unkind | |
| Related terms: | heartless | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | |
| Synonyms: | savage vicious brutal roughshod fell barbarous | |
| Examples: | "a barbarous crime" "brutal beatings" "cruel tortures" "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" "a savage slap" "vicious kicks" |
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| Related terms: | inhumane | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain | |
| Synonyms: | brutal | |
| Examples: | "brutal instruments of torture" "cruel weapons of war" |
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| Related terms: | inhumane | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering | |
| Synonyms: | harsh rigorous unkind brutal | |
| Examples: | "brutal weather" "northern winters can be cruel" "a cruel world" "a harsh climate "a rigorous climate" "unkind winters" |
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| Related terms: | hard | |
| Similar spelling: |
cruelly Creel Creole Creola Crowell Crull Crowl Croll crawl Crail Croyle Croley Crowley criollo Crawley |
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