cruel 音标拼音: [kr'uəl] [kr'ul]
a . 残忍的,残酷的
残忍的,残酷的
cruel adj 1 : (
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 " [
synonym : {
barbarous }, {
brutal }, {
cruel }, {
fell },
{
roughshod }, {
savage }, {
vicious }]
Cruel \
Cru "
el \ (
kr [
udd ]"[
e ^]
l ),
n .
See {
Crewel }.
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1913 Webster ]
Cruel \
Cru "
el \ (
kr [
udd ]"[
e ^]
l ),
a . [
F .
cruel ,
fr .
L .
crudelis ,
fr .
crudus .
See {
Crude }.]
1 .
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Behold a people cometh from the north country ; . . .
they are cruel and have no mercy . --
Jer .
vi .
22 ,
23 .
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2 .
Causing ,
or fitted to cause ,
pain ,
grief ,
or misery .
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Cruel wars ,
wasting the earth . --
Milton .
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Cursed be their anger ,
for it was fierce ;
and their wrath for it was cruel . --
Gen .
xlix .
7 .
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3 .
Attended with cruetly ;
painful ;
harsh .
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You have seen cruel proof of this man '
s strength .
--
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cruel ":
Draconian ,
Tartarean ,
acute ,
afflictive ,
agonizing ,
animal ,
anthropophagous ,
atrocious ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
beastly ,
bestial ,
biting ,
bloodthirsty ,
bloody ,
bloody -
minded ,
bowelless ,
brutal ,
brutalized ,
brute ,
brutish ,
callous ,
cannibalistic ,
cold -
blooded ,
cramping ,
cruel -
hearted ,
cruise ,
cutthroat ,
demoniac ,
demoniacal ,
devilish ,
diabolic ,
diabolical ,
distressing ,
dog -
eat -
dog ,
excruciating ,
fare ,
fell ,
feral ,
ferocious ,
fiendish ,
fiendlike ,
fierce ,
flinty ,
gnawing ,
go ,
gory ,
grave ,
grim ,
griping ,
hard ,
harrowing ,
harsh ,
heartless ,
heinous ,
hellish ,
hie ,
homicidal ,
hurtful ,
hurting ,
implacable ,
inclement ,
inexorable ,
infernal ,
inhuman ,
inhumane ,
journey ,
merciless ,
monstrous ,
murderous ,
outrageous ,
painful ,
paroxysmal ,
pass ,
piercing ,
pitiless ,
poignant ,
proceed ,
pungent ,
push on ,
racking ,
red -
handed ,
relentless ,
remorseless ,
repair ,
ruthless ,
sadistic ,
sanguinary ,
sanguineous ,
satanic ,
savage ,
self -
destructive ,
severe ,
sharkish ,
sharp ,
shooting ,
slaughterous ,
slavering ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
stabbing ,
stinging ,
subhuman ,
suicidal ,
tormenting ,
torturous ,
travel ,
truculent ,
unchristian ,
uncivilized ,
uncompassionate ,
uncompassioned ,
unfeeling ,
unforgiving ,
unhuman ,
unkind ,
unmerciful ,
unpitiful ,
unpitying ,
unremorseful ,
unsparing ,
unsympathetic ,
unsympathizing ,
unyielding ,
vicious ,
wend ,
without mercy ,
wolfish
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CRUEL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CRUEL is disposed to inflict pain or suffering : devoid of humane feelings How to use cruel in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Cruel
CRUEL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary CRUEL definition: 1 (of a person or action) extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals… Learn more
CRUEL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Cruel definition: willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others See examples of CRUEL used in a sentence
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Cruelty - Wikipedia Cruelty, in this sense, is defined as an “inclination of the mind toward the side of harshness” [9] Any punishment or other treatment that surpasses the scope of sufficiency and ventures into possibility is classified as excessive, and therefore, cruel
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CRUEL Synonyms: 231 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Some common synonyms of cruel are barbarous, ferocious, fierce, and savage While all these words mean "showing fury or malignity in looks or actions," cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it
CRUEL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary CRUEL meaning: 1 (of a person or action) extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals… Learn more