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Adjective
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Inflicting suffering onto others without conscience
brutal
savage
inhuman
barbaric
barbarous
brutish
bloodthirsty
murderous
homicidal
cut-throat
vicious
ferocious
fierce
wicked
evil
fiendish
devilish
diabolical
heinous
abominable
monstrous
atrocious
vile
hideous
ghastly
nasty
spiteful
mean
callous
malicious
sadistic
ruthless
merciless
unmerciful
pitiless
malevolent
unsparing
unrelenting
remorseless
uncaring
unsympathetic
malignant
uncharitable
heartless
stony-hearted
hard-hearted
cold-hearted
cold-blooded
nefarious
bloodless
unfeeling
unemotional
unkind
inhumane
severe
harsh
stern
inclement
flinty
draconian
beastly
dastardly
bestial
depraved
immoral
maleficent
pernicious
sanguinary
truculent
slaughterous
uncompassionate
violent
wolfish
wrathful
brute
butcherly
hateful
roughshod
virulent
wanton
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“Commodus was a cruel emperor who sought to inflict pain and torture on Maximus through devilish means.”
Adjective
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Upsetting in nature
harsh
severe
grim
grievous
hard
tough
bitter
harrowing
heartbreaking
tragic
heart-rending
distressing
heavy
upsetting
grave
traumatic
unkind
painful
troubling
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
dreadful
sad
troublesome
unfortunate
dismaying
excruciating
regrettable
unpleasant
vexing
dire
discomforting
dismal
distressful
exacting
irksome
lamentable
nasty
taxing
trying
woeful
worrying
stressful
unforgiving
afflicting
galling
heartrending
hurtful
tormenting
torturous
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“Jeremy's injury is a cruel blow to himself and to his team who rely on him.”
Adjective
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Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load
harsh
brutal
bleak
grievous
grim
hard
bitter
disagreeable
rough
tough
trying
bad
discomforting
excruciating
heavy
hostile
inclement
inhospitable
intemperate
oppressive
severe
uncomfortable
austere
biting
burdensome
comfortless
forbidding
hardhanded
inhuman
rugged
searing
unfriendly
unpleasant
wild
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“They reached the top of the mountain despite the cruel conditions and climate.”
Adjective
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Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way
tyrannical
dictatorial
despotic
autocratic
authoritarian
imperious
domineering
oppressive
overbearing
harsh
tyrannous
peremptory
absolute
severe
bossy
arbitrary
strict
autocratical
totalitarian
authoritative
repressive
undemocratic
ruthless
brutal
monocratic
tough
masterful
overweening
magisterial
inhuman
dominating
coercive
czarist
illiberal
tsarist
mean
unjust
fascistic
unreasonable
bullying
ironhanded
demanding
Neronian
high-handed
anti-democratic
heavy-handed
iron-fisted
iron-handed
more ❯
Verb
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(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin in some manner
ruin
spoil
crush
destroy
wreck
impair
damage
mess up
decimate
devastate
shatter
scotch
dash
blight
scupper
banjax
sabotage
nix
blow a hole in
put the kibosh on
bring to naught
euchre
louse up
foul up
screw up
undo
dish
mar
smash
do for
more ❯
“Falling ill would cruel her chances of winning the tournament.”
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