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Cruel

//ˈkɹuːəl//

Synonyms for "cruel" (149 found)

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Informal (30)

Name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

pass cruise journey

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

go mean savage grim

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

hard sharp rough stiff fell bitter

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(3 words)

fierce beastly devilish

Noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, slang(5 words)

painful diabolical sadistic bloody-minded red-handed

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

General use (119)

Adjective(6 words)

savage fell brutal vicious barbarous roughshod

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name(2 words)

Adjective(69 words)

monstrous atrocious brutal outrageous flagrant unyielding relentless barbaric heartless barbarous poignant unfeeling pungent ferocious heinous abusive truculent unsympathetic flinty inexorable

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Adj, noun, verb(15 words)

piercing violent brute shooting biting stinging callous gnawing harrowing stabbing tormenting unhuman agonizing racking slavering

Noun, verb(6 words)

travel repair hurting griping wend cramping

Adj, noun(10 words)

spasmodic infernal barbarian cutthroat sanguinary bestial demoniac draconian subhuman Tartarean

Verb(3 words)

proceed push on brutalized

Adj, verb(3 words)

distressing uncivilized unforgiving

Intj, verb(1 words)

bloody minded without mercy red handed

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