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cruel

adjective

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

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Word length
5
Starts with
C
Ends with
L
Contains
RU
Scrabble score
7
CEFR level
B1

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adjective

  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

    “a barbarous crime”

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a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap

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