Definitions for cruel
ˈkru əlcru·el

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

   (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"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cruelverb

   To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

2. crueladjective

   Not nice; mean; heartless.

   The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.

3. crueladjective

   Cool; awesome; neat.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cruelnoun

   see Crewel

   Etymology: [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.]

2. Crueladjective

   disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless

   Etymology: [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.]

3. Crueladjective

   causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery

   Etymology: [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.]

4. Crueladjective

   attended with cruetly; painful; harsh

   Etymology: [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cruel

   krōō′el, adj. disposed to inflict pain, or pleased at suffering: void of pity, merciless, savage: severe.—adj. Cru′el-heart′ed, delighting in cruelty: hard-hearted: unrelenting.—adv. Cru′elly.—ns. Cru′elness (obs.); Cru′elty. [Fr. cruel—L. crudelis.]

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cruel' in Adjectives Frequency: #780

Anagrams for cruel »

1. lucre

2. ulcer

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cruel in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cruel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cruel in a Sentence

1. EMEASOBA GEORGE:

   Anyone who is devoid of true love is undoubtedly devoid of kindness. Yes! you heard me right and mind you, anybody who is devoid of kindness is equally cruel or inhumane. I mean, he or she is abysmal (extremely bad). You can say I said so anyway. ~Emeasoba George

2. José Rafael Cordero Sánchez:

   Article No. 3 no animal shall be subjected to mistreatment or cruel acts. This law is not being enforced and I believe it will never be enforced

3. Theodore Wells:

   The case is almost a joke, but it's a cruel joke, your honor, because the reputations of a lot of people have been hurt and disparaged by the bringing of the complaint.

4. Pope Francis:

   I want to express my loving closeness to the Christian community, targeted while they were gathered in prayer, and all the victims of such cruel violence.

5. Mike Berry:

   Just when I didnt think Mikey Weinstein could stoop any lower, he pulled a stunt like that, hed rather take it away from them just to raise his own publicity than support our service members ... thats pretty cowardly and thats cruel.

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