cruel

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ /หˆkruหษ™l/ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง /หˆkruหษ™l/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
adjective
B1

causing pain or suffering without feeling sorry

The cruel king enjoyed watching his prisoners suffer.

B1

unpleasant and causing suffering

The cruel winter made life very difficult for the homeless.

verb
R

to prevent success or enjoyment by causing bad luck

The weather cruelled their plans for an outdoor wedding.

translation

adj. causing pain or suffering without feeling sorry; unpleasant and causing suffering
v. to prevent success or enjoyment by causing bad luck

Word Forms

3rd Present cruels
Past cruelled
Perfect cruelled
Progressive cruelling
Comparative crueller
Superlative cruellest

Synonyms

oppressive adj. ๅŽ‹่ฟซๆ€ง็š„, ้—ท็ƒญ็š„, ไปคไบบๆฒฎไธง็š„ ruthless adj. ๆ— ๆƒ…็š„ malicious adj. ๆถๆ„็š„ hateful adj. ๅฏๆ†Ž็š„ nasty adj. ็ณŸ็ณ•็š„, ๅˆป่–„็š„, ๅฑ้™ฉ็š„, ๅ†’็Šฏ็š„ brutal adj. ๆฎ‹ๆšด็š„, ็›ด็Ž‡็š„ vicious adj. ๅ‡ถๆฎ‹็š„, ๆœ‰ๆ”ปๅ‡ปๆ€ง็š„, ๅ……ๆปกไป‡ๆจ็š„, ๆถๅŠฃ็š„ painful adj. ็–ผ็—›็š„, ็—›่‹ฆ็š„, ไปคไบบไธๅฟซ็š„ tough adj. ่‰ฐ้šพ็š„, ไธฅๅŽ‰็š„, ๆ„ๅฟ—ๅšๅผบ็š„, ๅผบๆ‚็š„, ็Šฏ็ฝช็Œ–็—็š„, ้šพๅšผ็š„, ๅšๅ›บ็š„, ๅฏน...ไธๅ…ฌๅนณ็š„ harsh adj. ไธฅๅŽ‰็š„, ๆถๅŠฃ็š„, ๅˆบ็œผ็š„, ๅˆบ่€ณ็š„, ็ฒ—็ณ™็š„ savage adj. ๆฎ‹ๆšด็š„, ๅฐ–ๅˆป็š„, ๅŽŸๅง‹็š„

Antonyms

benevolent adj. ไปๆ…ˆ็š„, ๆ…ˆๅ–„็š„ benign adj. ๅ–„่‰ฏๆธฉๅ’Œ็š„, ๆ— ๅฎณ็š„, ้ž็™Œๆ€ง็š„ tolerable adj. ๅฐšๅฏ็š„, ๅฏๅฟๅ—็š„ gratifying adj. ไปคไบบๆปกๆ„ pleasing adj. ๆ‚ฆ็›ฎ็š„ humane adj. ไบบ้“็š„ sympathetic adj. ๆœ‰ๅŒๆƒ…ๅฟƒ็š„, ่ตžๅŒ็š„, ่ฎจไบบๅ–œๆฌข็š„ loving adj. ๅ……ๆปก็ˆฑๆ„็š„, ๅ–œ็ˆฑ็š„ kind n. ็ง็ฑป soft adj. ๆŸ”่ฝฏ็š„, ไธๅš็กฌ็š„, ๅ…‰ๆป‘็š„, ๆ— ้”‹ๅˆฉ่พน็ผ˜็š„, ๆŸ”ๅ’Œ็š„, ๆธฉๅ’Œ็š„, ่ฝปๆŸ”็š„, ๅ–„่‰ฏ็š„, ๅฎฝๆพ็š„, ๆ„š่ ข็š„, ่ƒ†ๅฐ็š„, ่ฝปๆพ็š„, ่ฝฏๆฐด, ๆ— ้…’็ฒพ็š„, ่ฝฏ้Ÿณ็š„ sweet adj. ็”œ็š„, ่Šณ้ฆ™็š„, ๆ‚ฆ่€ณ็š„, ๆœ‰็›Š็š„, ไปคไบบๆ„‰ๅฟซ็š„, ๅฅฝ็œ‹็š„, ๅ‹ๅ–„็š„, ่ตž่ฎธ็š„ comfortable adj. ่ˆ’้€‚, ่‡ชๅœจ, ่ธๅฎž, ๅฎฝ่ฃ•, ่ฝปๆพ easy adj. ๅฎนๆ˜“็š„, ่ฝปๆพ็š„, ๆ˜“ๅ—ๆ”ปๅ‡ป็š„, ้šๅ’Œ็š„, ้šไพฟ็š„ light n. ๅ…‰, ็‰นๅฎš้ขœ่‰ฒ็š„ๅ…‰, ็ฏ, ็œผ็ฅž, ไบฎ้ƒจ, ็‚น็ซๅทฅๅ…ท, ้‡‡ๅ…‰ๅฃ

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