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Cruel

ˈkruːəl

Cruel definitions

adjective

Inflections:

crueller cruellest crueler cruelest cruel

wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it

"people who are cruel to animals"

Synonyms:
brutal savage inhuman barbaric barbarous brutish bloodthirsty murderous homicidal cut-throat vicious ferocious fierce
- causing pain or suffering
  
  "the winters are long, hard, and cruel"

verb

Inflections:

cruels cruelling cruelled cruel

spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success)

"Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing"

Synonyms:
wreck ruin spoil disrupt undo upset play havoc with make a mess of put an end to end bring to an end put a stop to terminate prevent frustrate blight crush quell quash dash scotch shatter vitiate blast devastate demolish sabotage torpedo