Definition of cruel Cruel
/kɹuˈʌl/ - [kruul] - cru•el
We found 12 definitions of cruel from 6 different sources.
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What does cruel mean?
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| cruel - (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" | ||
| barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious | ||
| inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cruel (n.)
See Crewel. - cruel (a.)
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. - cruel (a.)
Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery. - cruel (a.)
Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cruel
Indifference towards the suffering of another and even deriving a positive feeling from it. -
cruel
Very bad in degree or extent (e.g. of depression or damage).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cruel
krōō′el, adj. disposed to inflict pain, or pleased at suffering: void of pity, merciless, savage: severe.—adj. Cru′el-heart′ed, delighting in cruelty: hard-hearted: unrelenting.—adv. Cru′elly.—ns. Cru′elness (obs.); Cru′elty. [Fr. cruel—L. crudelis.]
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