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cruel
adjective as in vicious, pitiless; causing pain
Strongest matches
atrocious, barbarous, bitter, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, evil, harsh, hateful, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, merciless, painful, relentless, ruthless, sadistic, spiteful, tyrannical, unkind, vicious, wicked
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
In any contest to name the cruelest and most useless healthcare “reform” favored by Republicans and conservatives, it would be hard to beat the idea of applying work requirements to Medicaid.
“I’m quite cruel to my protagonists. I drag them through the mud, I torture them, they suffer a lot of trauma, but then I reward them at the end.”
The real trick here was not performed by Geller, but by Carson, who deftly played the role of generous host, making something that could easily have seemed cruel come off as kind.
Instead, “Stickerbush Symphony,” with its strangely melancholic New Age groove, accompanies a level in which the player navigates a fantastically cruel maze of spiky vines.
"It's cruel, it's unfair, it's also incredibly stupid".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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