Cruel: Synonyms in English

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cruel:
- cruel; inhuman; inhumane; abominable; heinous; barbaric; gruesome; brutal; harsh; hard; heartless; ruthless; merciless; relentless; callous; pitiless; bloodthirsty; murderous; vicious; savage; fell; roughshod; barbarous

English

Detailed Synonyms for cruel in English

cruel
cruel; inhuman; inhumane; abominable; heinous; barbaric; gruesome; brutal
- cruel adj
- inhuman adj
- inhumane adj
- abominable adj
- heinous adj
- barbaric adj
- gruesome adj
- brutal adj
cruel
harsh; hard; heartless; ruthless; merciless; cruel; relentless; callous; pitiless
- harsh adj
- hard adj
- heartless adj
- ruthless adj
- merciless adj
- cruel adj
- relentless adj
- callous adj
- pitiless adj
cruel
bloodthirsty; cruel; murderous
- bloodthirsty adj
- cruel adj
- murderous adj
cruel

– (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering ¹
cruel; vicious; savage; fell; brutal; roughshod; barbarous
– (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering ¹
- cruel adj
  - cruel tortures¹
- vicious adj
  - vicious kicks¹
- savage adj
  - a savage slap¹
- fell adj
- brutal adj
  - brutal beatings¹
- roughshod adj
  - Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks¹
- barbarous adj
  - a barbarous crime¹

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering¹
- cruel tortures¹