Definition of cruel

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Cruel (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery..

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Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster..
Flintiness :: Flintiness (n.) The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat..
Cruelties :: Cruelties (pl. ) of Cruelt.
Brutish :: Brutish (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent..
Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Cruelly :: Cruelly (adv.) In a cruel manner.
Cannibalism :: Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..
Dog-hearted :: Dog-hearted (a.) Inhuman; cruel.
Tyrannical :: Tyrannical (a.) Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Ruffian :: Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage..
Inhumanity :: Inhumanity (n.) The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
Savagery :: Savagery (n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity.
Cruel :: Cruel (n.) See Crewel.
Truculent :: Truculent (a.) Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
Stood :: Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze..
Unmerciful :: Unmerciful (a.) Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
Despiteous :: Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.
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