What is the meaning of cruel?

Of persons or their actions. ( able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering)
- usage: "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
- synonyms: barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

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APA	WordNet. (2010). cruel. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/cruel/definitions/1171715
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