Definition of cruel

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Cruel (a.) Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

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Illtreat :: Illtreat (v. t.) To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..
Atrocity :: Atrocity (n.) An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty..
Severity :: Severity (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war..
Atrocity :: Atrocity (n.) Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
Hard-hearted :: Hard-hearted (a.) Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
Black :: Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible..
Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..
Brutally :: Brutally (adv.) In a brutal manner; cruelly.
Felon :: Felon (a.) Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
Brute :: Brute (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence..
Unmerciful :: Unmerciful (a.) Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat..
Bloody-minded :: Bloody-minded (a.) Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty..
Cutthroat :: Cutthroat (a.) Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Use :: Use (v. t.) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly..
Iron-hearted :: Iron-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master..
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