Synonyms for Cruel | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "cruel" (212 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Adjective(16 words)

brutal abusiveabusive languageanimal-harming barbarousbarbarous communitiesbastardly beastliest bitchier bitchy biting bloodthirstier bloodthirstiest calloused catty caustic

abusive acute afflictive agonizing animal anthropophagous atrocious barbarian barbaric barbarous beastly bestial biting bitter bloodthirsty bloodybloody mindedbloody-minded bowelless brutal

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brutalized brute brutish callous cannibalistic

Noun(2 words)

barbarian policiesbrutalizing

Strong matches (63)

cold-blooded cold-hearted cramping cruel-hearted cruise cutthroat demoniac demoniacal devilish diabolic diabolical distressingdog-eat-dogdraconian excruciating fare fell feral ferocious fiendish

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fiendlike fierce flagrant flinty ghoulish gnawing go gory grave grim griping hard harrowing harsh heartless heinous hellish hie homicidal hurtful hurting implacable inclement inexorable infernal inhuman inhumane journey

Adjective(13 words)

cruel dispositioncrueller draconian eviler evillest fell fellest hardhearted harsh harsher harshest inhumane malicious

Noun(2 words)

determine the meandutch gemeen

Related words (106)

Noun(7 words)

malicious programmean of numbersmean parametermeany mutilating savaging torturing

Verb(4 words)

maltreating mistreating tortured wantoned

mean merciless monstrous murderous nasty outrageous painful paroxysmal pass piercing pitiless poignant proceed pungentpush onrackingred handedred-handed relentless remorseless

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Adjective(25 words)

mean-spirited contestmeanestoppressive regimereptilian behaviorroughshod ruthless satirical savage savagest severe soulless spiteful spitefullest tyrannousunfeeling beingungentle unkind unkindlier unkindliest unyielding

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vicious villainous violentviolent actviolent insurrection

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

behavioral traitcharacteristic extremity harshnessliterary devicemoral attributerhetorical deviceseverity

More specific

8 entries

brutalcruel ironycruel jokedraconian grim rigorous ruthless sadistic

Collocations

6 entries

cruel fatecruel ironycruel jokecruel punishmentcruel regimecruel treatment

Inflections

2 entries

crueler cruelest

Derivations

2 entries

cruelly cruelty

similar

1 entries

inhumane

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is cruel of you to find fault with her.

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The monster's smile was cruel.

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Destiny is sometimes cruel.

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It is cruel of him to ill-treat pets.

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Cruel