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- Dictionarycruel/ˈkruː(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it: "people who are cruel to animals" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success): informal Australian "Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing"
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Cruel means extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally. Learn more about the synonyms, antonyms, idioms, and usage of cruel with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
CRUEL meaning: 1. (of a person or action) extremely unkind...
- Znaczenie Cruel, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
CRUEL definicja: 1. (of a person or action) extremely unkind...
- Simplified
CRUEL translate: 残忍的;残酷的;刻毒伤人的, 令人痛苦的. Learn more in the...
- Cruel: Polish Translation
CRUEL translate: okrutny, okrutny, przygnębiający. Learn...
- Cruel: Japanese Translation
CRUEL translate: 無慈悲な, 残酷(ざんこく)な, 悲惨(ひさん)な. Learn more in...
- Cruel Spanish Translation
CRUEL translate: cruel, cruel [masculine-feminine], cruel...
- English (US)
Learn the meaning of cruel, a word that describes someone or something that causes pain or suffering without mercy. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of cruel.
Someone or something that inflicts pain or causes suffering can be described as cruel. It would be cruel of you to offer chocolate to someone on a diet.
Cruel, pitiless, ruthless, brutal, savage imply readiness to cause pain to others. Cruel implies willingness to cause pain, and indifference to suffering: a cruel stepfather. Pitiless adds the idea of refusal to show compassion: pitiless to captives.
Cruel means causing or inflicting pain or distress to people or animals without pity or mercy. Learn more about the word forms, pronunciation, origin, and usage of cruel with synonyms and examples from Collins English Dictionary.
Cruel means having a desire to cause physical or mental pain and make somebody suffer. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, idioms and collocations with Oxford Dictionary.
Cruel means causing or inflicting pain or suffering without pity or mercy. Find out the origin, usage, and examples of cruel and its related words, such as barbarous, ferocious, and inhumane.