Associations to the word «Cruel»

Wiktionary

CRUEL, adjective. Not nice; mean; heartless.
CRUEL, adjective. (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
CRUEL, verb. To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

Dictionary definition

CRUEL, adjective. (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".

Wise words

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