Definition of cruel

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

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Heartless :: Heartless (a.) Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
Disgust :: Disgust (v. t.) Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust..
Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching..
Savage :: Savage (n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian..
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
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..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..
Cruelly :: Cruelly (adv.) Extremely; very.
Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Breme :: Breme (a.) Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.
Cutthroat :: Cutthroat (a.) Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity..
Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Cruelly :: Cruelly (adv.) In a cruel manner.
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster..
Cannibalism :: Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Truculent :: Truculent (a.) Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
Barbarism :: Barbarism (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage..
Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..
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