Cruel (Adjective)
Meaning
(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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The dictator's cruel regime was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
- The cruel taunts from her classmates made the shy girl withdraw from school.
- He was notorious for his cruel treatment of his servants, often withholding their wages for months.
- The documentary exposed the cruel conditions faced by animals in factory farms.
- Her cruel rejection of his proposal left him heartbroken for years.