Cruelest

Synonyms for "cruelest" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

mean abusive acute afflictive agonizing animal anthropophagous atrocious barbarian barbaric barbarous beastly bestial biting bitter bloodthirsty bloody bloody minded bloody-minded bowelless

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brutal brutalized brute brutish callous cannibalistic cold-blooded cold-hearted cramping

Adjective(2 words)

barbarous brutal

Adjective(1 words)

brutal

Strong matches (47)

cruel-hearted cruise cutthroat demoniac demoniacal devilish diabolic diabolical distressing dog-eat-dog draconian excruciating fare fell feral ferocious fiendish fiendlike fierce flagrant

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

Adjective(3 words)

dispiteous heavy-handed impiteous

Adjective(1 words)

fell

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Sample sentences

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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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April is the cruelest month.

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According to Eliot, April is the cruelest month.

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The world's cruelest animal is the wolverine.

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