cruel

31 synonyms and 2 antonyms for cruel, ranked by how commonly they're used.

Adj — Deliberately causing pain or suffering to others, without mercy.

Synonyms for cruel

barbarous bowelless brutal compassionless demonic diabolic despiteful diabolical fell incessive inclement inhumane inhuman malicious merciless nasty nonhumane pitiless remorseless rotten ruthless sadistic savage truculent spiteful unbenevolent unbenign unkind unmerciful unpitiful unpitying

Antonyms for cruel

kindly merciful

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