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Definitions for Cruel

[1] willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
[2] enjoying the pain or distress of others: the cruel spectators of the gladiatorial contests.
[3] causing or marked by great pain or distress: a cruel remark; a cruel affliction.
[4] rigid; stern; strict; unrelentingly severe.
[5] causing or inflicting pain without pity a cruel teacher
[6] causing pain or suffering a cruel accident

Words related to Cruel

atrocious, heartless, harsh, ruthless, inhuman, callous, cold-blooded, bitter, merciless, tyrannical, barbarous, vicious, evil, hateful, unkind, spiteful, brutal, painful, sadistic, wicked

Words nearby Cruel

crude oil, cruden, crudity, crudités, crudo, cruel, cruel and unusual punishment, cruel to be kind, cruelhearted, cruels, cruelty

Origin of Cruel

1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin crūdēlis, equivalent to crūd(us ) (see crude) + -ēlis adj. suffix

Other words from Cruel

cru·el·ly , adverb
cru·el·ness , noun
un·cru·el , adjective
un·cru·el·ly , adverb
un·cru·el·ness , noun

Word origin for Cruel

C13: from Old French, from Latin crūdēlis, from crūdus raw, bloody

Synonyms for Cruel

atrocious, barbarous, bitter, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, evil, harsh, hateful, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, merciless, painful, relentless, ruthless, sadistic, spiteful, tyrannical, unkind, vicious, wicked, 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