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cruel Definition
(s)
lacking
or
showing
kindness
or
compassion
or
mercy
(s) (
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
"
(s) (
of
weapons
or
instruments
)
causing
suffering
and
pain
; "
brutal
instruments
of
torture
"; "
cruel
weapons
of
war
"
(s)
used
of
circumstances
(
especially
weather
)
that
cause
suffering
; "
brutal
weather
"; "
northern
winters
can
be
cruel
"; "
a
cruel
world
"; "
a
harsh
climate
"; "
a
rigorous
climate
"; "
unkind
winters
"
cruel Synonyms
barbarous
brutal
cruel
fell
harsh
rigorous
roughshod
savage
unkind
vicious
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