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/ˈkɹuːəl/ · adjective
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.
We're certainly having quite a cruel winter this year.
The thought that something might befall him that would leave her entirely at the mercy of this beast caused him greater anxiety than the probability that almost certain death awaited her should she be left entirely alone upon the outskirts of the cruel forest.
You may be sure they watched the cliffs on their left eagerly for any sign of a break or any place where they could climb them; but those cliffs remained cruel.
He was physically the toughest of us and wore five layers of polar clothing, but the cold was cruel and wore us down hour after hour.
"But I've served 'im ten years, and I'm fond of 'im, and, mind you, 'e's a great man, when all's said an' done, and it's an honor to serve 'im. But 'e does try one cruel at times."
'I've never got arthritis, though my old dad had it something cruel.'
What cruelled him was that Imperial Hotel contract.
Use cruel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cruel means Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless..
Common synonyms include barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless.
Possible antonyms include kindly, merciful.
The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
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