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Cruel :: Cruel (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery..

Cruels :: Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..

Iron-hearted :: Iron-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master..

Flintiness :: Flintiness (n.) The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.

Mankind :: Mankind (a.) Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.

Durity :: Durity (n.) Harshness; cruelty.

Savage :: Savage (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..

Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

Bloody-minded :: Bloody-minded (a.) Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty..

Revolting :: Revolting (a.) Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty..

Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..

Fiendish :: Fiendish (a.) Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.

Use :: Use (v. t.) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly..

Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.

Cruel :: Cruel (n.) See Crewel.

Humanize :: Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..

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