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- Thesaurus|2.4k
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64 entries under cruel topic. ×
| upsetting(adjective, hard, moving, severe, happy) | |
| severe(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, tender) | |
| hurtful(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| bitter(adjective, hard, moving, tough, rough) | |
| difficult(adjective, severe, rough, harsh, tender) | |
| bad(adjective, severe, poor, sad, offensive) | |
| hard(adjective, rough, difficult, harsh, tender) | |
| afflictive(adjective, rough, tender, pain, unpleasant) | |
| heavy(adjective, tough, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, tough, severe, harsh, tender) | |
| arduous(adjective, difficult, harsh, tender) | |
| damaging(adjective, awful, terrible, unkind) | |
| harmful(adjective, awful, terrible, unkind) | |
| harsh(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough) | |
| bleak(adjective, tough, severe, obscure, harsh) | |
| serious(adjective, tough, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| injurious(adjective, awful, terrible, unkind) | |
| tough(adjective, severe, rough, nasty, harsh) | |
| wounding(verb, adjective, awful, terrible) | |
| mischievous(adjective, wicked, unkind, upsetting) |
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