Meaning

3 senses
  1. Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

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

    grausam

    жесто́кийžestókij

    жорсто́кийžorstókyj

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

  2. Harsh; severe.

    We're certainly having quite a cruel winter this year.

  3. (slang)Cool; awesome; neat.

Examples

300 sentences
  1. She appears to me to be cruel.

    Вона здається мені безжальною. — rozmaita

    ruОна кажется мне жестокой. — sharptoothed

    deSie scheint mir grausam zu sein. — raggione

  2. I didn't think Tom would be so cruel.

    Я не думав, що Том буде такий жорстокий. — deniko

  3. I had no idea that Tom could be so cruel.

    Я й гадки не мав, що Том може бути таким жорстоким. — Ahha

  4. Don't be cruel to animals.

    Не будьте жорстокими до тварин. — deniko

    ruНе будьте жестоки к животным. — elsteris

    deSei nicht grausam zu Tieren! — Esperantostern

  5. Tom is cruel.

    Том жорстокий. — deniko

    ruТом жестокий. — odexed

    deTom ist brutal. — tarsier

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that intentionally causes pain and suffering:
Русский
By meaning 1
that intentionally causes pain and suffering:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that intentionally causes pain and suffering:

Origin

From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, sev

From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.

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Forms

crueler/crueller/more cruel, cruelest/cruellest/most cruel
Comparativecrueler / crueller / more cruel Lesson
Superlativecruelest / cruellest / most cruel Lesson

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Synonyms

68 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • be so cruel
  • cruel man
  • be cruel to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cruel — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto