Definition of cruel

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

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Felly :: Felly (adv.) In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.
Comanches :: Comanches (n. pl.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty..
Unrelenting :: Unrelenting (a.) Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..
Stood :: Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze..
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Imppiteous :: Imppiteous (a.) Pitiless; cruel.
Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Cruel :: Cruel (a.) 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..
Brutal :: Brutal (a.) Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners..
Heartless :: Heartless (a.) Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle..
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..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character..
Inhumanly :: Inhumanly (adv.) In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.
Flintiness :: Flintiness (n.) The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.
Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly..
Dog-hearted :: Dog-hearted (a.) Inhuman; cruel.
Cruelly :: Cruelly (adv.) Extremely; very.
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