Definition of 'cruel'

Adjective

1. (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"
      Synonyms: barbarous brutal fell roughshod savage vicious
2. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"
      Synonyms: brutal

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