Word that means cruel

жестокий, безжалостный, бессердечный, ужасный, мучительный

прилагательное ↓

глагол

- австрал. разг. портить, грубить, лишать шансов на успех

Словосочетания

be of a cruel disposition — быть жестокого нрава; быть крутого нрава  
under the heel of a cruel tyrant — под игом жестокого тирана  
cruel joke — издевка  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

cruelly  — жестоко, безжалостно, мучительно
cruelty  — жестокость, безжалостность, бессердечие, жестокосердие

Формы слова

adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): crueller
прев. степ. (superlative): cruellest

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cruel — перевод на русский

/krʊəl/

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  cruel
  
  

  1) жесто́кий; безжа́лостный, бессерде́чный

  2) мучи́тельный; ужа́сный;

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  Персональный Сократ > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  [kruəl]

  cruel жестокий; безжалостный, бессердечный cruel жестокий cruel мучительный; ужасный; cruel suffering ужасные страдания; cruel war суровая, жестокая война; cruel fate горькая судьбина; cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь cruel мучительный; ужасный; cruel suffering ужасные страдания; cruel war суровая, жестокая война; cruel fate горькая судьбина; cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь cruel мучительный; ужасный; cruel suffering ужасные страдания; cruel war суровая, жестокая война; cruel fate горькая судьбина; cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь cruel мучительный; ужасный; cruel suffering ужасные страдания; cruel war суровая, жестокая война; cruel fate горькая судьбина; cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь cruel мучительный; ужасный; cruel suffering ужасные страдания; cruel war суровая, жестокая война; cruel fate горькая судьбина; cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь

  English-Russian short dictionary > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  kruəl прил.
  1) жестокий;
  жестокосердный, безжалостный, суровый, беспощадный cruel punishment ≈ суровое наказание Syn: sadistic Ant: gentle, humane, kind, merciful
  2) лютый, свирепый, дикий( о человеке, диком звере) Syn: fierce, savage
  3) мучительный, болезненный;
  тяжелый, тяжкий( об условиях, положении) But what is crueller upon me than all, is that you are ill. ≈ Тяжелее всего для меня то, что ты болен. Syn: painful
  4) как нареч. очень, чрезвычайно Syn: exceedingly, very
  жестокий, безжалостный, бессердечный — * dictator жестокосердный диктатор — * remark жесткое замечание мучительный, ужасный, жестокий — * disease мучительная болезнь — * suffering жестокие страдания — * and unusual punishment (американизм) пытка или наказание, несоразмерные преступлению (эмоционально-усилительно) очень, чрезвычайно, чертовски — * cold очень холодный( австралийское) (разговорное) портить, губить, лишать шансов на успех
  cruel жестокий;
  безжалостный, бессердечный ~ жестокий ~ мучительный;
  ужасный;
  cruel suffering ужасные страдания;
  cruel war суровая, жестокая война;
  cruel fate горькая судьбина;
  cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь
  ~ мучительный;
  ужасный;
  cruel suffering ужасные страдания;
  cruel war суровая, жестокая война;
  cruel fate горькая судьбина;
  cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь
  ~ мучительный;
  ужасный;
  cruel suffering ужасные страдания;
  cruel war суровая, жестокая война;
  cruel fate горькая судьбина;
  cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь
  ~ мучительный;
  ужасный;
  cruel suffering ужасные страдания;
  cruel war суровая, жестокая война;
  cruel fate горькая судьбина;
  cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь
  ~ мучительный;
  ужасный;
  cruel suffering ужасные страдания;
  cruel war суровая, жестокая война;
  cruel fate горькая судьбина;
  cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  [kruːəl]

  adj

  жестокий, жестокосердный, безжалостный, суровый, беспощадный

  He was cruel in his punishments. — Он жесток в наказаниях.

  It is cruel to tease a little child. — Дразнить маленького ребенка — жестоко

  — cruel man

  
  — cruel heart
  — cruel punishment
  — be cruel
  — be cruel to smb
  — be cruel in one’s anger
  — it is cruel of smb

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  1. [ʹkru:əl]

  1. жестокий, безжалостный, бессердечный

  2. мучительный, ужасный, жестокий

  cruel disease — мучительная /ужасная/ болезнь

  cruel suffering — жестокие /ужасные/ страдания

  3.

  эмоц.-усил. очень, чрезвычайно, чертовски

  2. [ʹkru:əl]

  австрал. разг.

  портить, грубить, лишать шансов на успех

  НБАРС > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  1. a жестокий, безжалостный, бессердечный

  2. a мучительный, ужасный, жестокий

  3. a эмоц. -усил. очень, чрезвычайно, чертовски

  4. v австрал. разг. портить, грубить, лишать шансов на успех

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. devilish (adj.) demoniacal; devilish; diabolical; fiendish; satanic

  2. fell (adj.) bestial; brutal; cannibalic; fell; feral; ferocious; fierce; inhuman; inhumane; mean; sadistic; savage; truculent; vicious; wolfish

  3. heartless (adj.) callous; cold-blooded; hardhearted; heartless; stony hearted; uncharitable; unfeeling; unmerciful; unnatural; unyielding

  4. severe (adj.) bitter; hard; harsh; inclement; relentless; severe; unrelenting

  5. unkind (adj.) barbarian; barbarous; bloodthirsty; grim; incisive; inexorable; unkind

  Антонимический ряд:

  beneficial; benevolent; charitable; compassionate; considerate; feeling; forgiving; generous; gentle; humane; kind; merciful

  English-Russian base dictionary > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  adjective

  1) жестокий; безжалостный, бессердечный

  2) мучительный; ужасный; cruel suffering ужасные страдания; cruel war суровая, жестокая война; cruel fate горькая судьбина; cruel disease тяжелая, мучительная болезнь

  Syn:

  bestial, brutal, nasty, sadistic

  Ant:

  gentle, humane, kind, merciful

  * * *

  1 (a) безжалостный; бессердечный; жестокий; мучительный; ужасный

  2 (v) грубить; лишать шансов на успех; портить

  * * *

  * * *

  [cru·el || ‘krʊəl]
  жестокий, безжалостный, бессердечный, мучительный, ужасный

  * * *

  безжалостный

  бессердечный

  брутальный

  грубый

  жестокий

  мучительный

  ужасный

  * * *

  1) жестокий; жестокосердный
  2) лютый, свирепый, дикий (о человеке, диком звере)

  Новый англо-русский словарь > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  [‘kruːəl], [kruəl]

  прил.

  1)

  а) жестокий; жестокосердный, безжалостный, суровый, беспощадный

  б) лютый, свирепый, дикий

  Syn:

  Ant:

  2) мучительный, болезненный; тяжёлый, тяжкий

  His mother’s death was a cruel blow. — Смерть матери стала для него тяжёлым ударом.

  Syn:

  Англо-русский современный словарь > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  English-Russian big medical dictionary > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  [kruəl]

  adj

  жестокий, безжалостный, суровый; лютый, свирепый; тяжёлый

  2000 самых употребительных английских слов > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  a

  жестокий, безжалостный; ужасный

  English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  [‘kruːəl]

  1) Общая лексика: безжалостный, бессердечный, бесчеловечный, грозный, жестокий, лютый, мучительный, тяжёлый, тяжкий, ужасный, нечеловечный, беспощадный, жестокосердный, свирепый

  Универсальный англо-русский словарь > cruel

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  cruel as it is
  
  

  Универсальный англо-русский словарь > cruel as it is

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  cruel
  
  

  [krʊəl]

  жестокий; жестокосердный, безжалостный, суровый, беспощадный

  лютый, свирепый, дикий

  мучительный, болезненный; тяжелый, тяжкий

  очень, чрезвычайно

  Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  жестокий, бессердечный, безжалостный

  Англо-русский словарь по психоаналитике > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  Англо-русский юридический словарь > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  MT 1. портить;

  2. грубить;
  3. лишать шансов на успех

  Australian slang > cruel

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  cruel
  
  

  жестокий; безжалостный; беспощадный; лютый; бессердечный; жестокосердный

  English-Russian dictionary of technical terms > cruel

«Mamma! what a cruel, _cruel_ wretch!» cried Walter. ❋ Martha Finley (1868)

«Godo —» she began; and she cast herself on the lounge that Maxwell had vacated, and plunged her face in the pillow and sobbed, «Oh, cruel, cruel, _cruel_! ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

Whoever assigned eight A.M. for Molecular Biology 201 gave new meaning to the term cruel and unusual punishment. ❋ Bill Myers (2010)

Obama employs the word cruel and its derivatives no fewer than fourteen times in Dreams. ❋ Jack Cashill (2011)

The term cruel includes the concept of intent — an intention to inflict pain and/or suffering. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He said: The word cruel has been used and I think it’s fair. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The video was recorded in an undercover investigation at Conklin Dairy Farms Inc., said Mercy For Animals, a not-for-profit group that publicizes what it calls cruel practices in the dairy, meat and egg industries and promotes a vegan diet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Worthington has written a book, The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, in which he takes the position that Guantánamo is part of what he describes as a cruel and misguided response by the Bush administration to the September 11 attacks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They ran it nearly naked, in the undies, to protest what they call the cruel treatment of animals. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Animal rights activists have been boycotting P&G for several years because of what it calls cruel practices in laboratory experiments involving animals. ❋ Nathaniel Livingston (2004)

They say civilians are also targets in what they call cruel attacks. ❋ Unknown (2001)

KABUL — Afghanistan appealed for emergency aid for the victims of what it called cruel artillery attacks by Russian forces from across the border in the former Soviet Central Asian republic of ❋ Unknown (1993)

Stanach would go where Stormblade went, and, though she had castigated him for what she called a cruel remark, Kelida had to agree that Tyorl™s idea was a good one. ❋ Berberick, Nancy Varian (1988)

You must not stop loving them at all because they do what you call cruel things. ❋ Ruth Ogden (1890)

‘Now that’s what I call a cruel question!’ cried Mike humorously. ❋ George Gissing (1880)

During the continuance of this paroxysm Agrippina bitterly reproached her son for what she termed his cruel ingratitude. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

«[fuck] i [still] see that cruel niehbor is [at it] again» ❋ The Dude (2004)

[im] too cruel [for you] ❋ Cami404 (2005)

1. A society that allows Cops to physically Hurt someone otherwise could be a innocent [civilian] to the point of oh most killing the person is just cruel to me, 2 .they say that she in jail for [kidnapping] a Dog and than [killing it] with out any pity its sad since the dog was owned by a lovely couple people are calling her a cruel person right now, ❋ Johnsteve5000 (2017)

[Singin] to a [blind man], «[I can see clearly now] the rain has gone.» ❋ Tom (2003)

[‘;..;’] [this is a] [devil] >_< ❋ SpAnKy ThE CLoWn (2003)

Person A: «[Coming down] the [pub]?»
[Person B]: «Cruel!» ❋ RexBoner (2011)

So i sent Urban Dictionary a [request] for epic but they [denied] it cause there [cruel] ❋ PeterNinComPoop (2010)

[Omggg] [crueling] is cheating [omggg] he doesnt know how to pvp
Fuck crueling man he is so annoying ❋ Faggots Of Jartex Network Ww (2020)

«Hey [cutes], wanna come over to my place and watch Cruel Intentions?»
«Of course I do! you know I LOVE that movie. [Ryan Phillippe] [is mad] hot in it.» ❋ Kendradmr. (2006)

Kuzko: «Okay, I admit it. Maybe I wasn’t as nice as I should have been. But, [Yzma], do you really want to kill me?»
Yzma: «Just think of it as you’re being let go…that your life’s going in a different direction…that [your body’s] part of
a permanent outplacement.»
[Kronk]: «Hey, that’s kind of like what he said to you when you got fired.»
Yzma: «I know. It’s called a cruel irony…like my dependence on you.» ❋ NakedInTheRain (2010)

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRUEL

From Old French, from Latin crūdēlis, from crūdus raw, bloody.

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Cruel is an adjective.

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Definition of cruel in the English dictionary

The definition of cruel in the dictionary is causing or inflicting pain without pity. Other definition of cruel is causing pain or suffering.

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• cruell (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: kro͞oəl, IPA^(key): /kɹuː(ə)l/
• Rhymes: -ʊəl, -uːl
• Hyphenation: cru‧el

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.

Adjective[edit]

cruel (comparative crueler or crueller or more cruel, superlative cruelest or cruellest or most cruel)

1. 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.

   Synonym: sadistic

   Antonym: merciful

2. Harsh; severe.
   • 2013, Ranulph Fiennes, Cold: Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on Earth

     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.

   • 1951 C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

     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.

   Synonym: brutal

3. (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.

Derived terms[edit]

• be cruel to be kind
• cruel-hearted
• cruel mistress
• cruelly
• cruelness
• cruelsome
• goodbye, cruel world
• overcruel

[edit]

• crude
• cruelty

Translations[edit]

Adverb[edit]

cruel (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.

   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎^[1]:

     «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.»

   • 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 219:

     ‘I’ve never got arthritis, though my old dad had it something cruel.’

Verb[edit]

cruel (third-person singular simple present cruels, present participle cruelling, simple past and past participle cruelled)

1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one’s chance of success)
   • 1937, Vance Palmer, Legend for Sanderson, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, p. 226, [2]

     What cruelled him was that Imperial Hotel contract.

   • 2014, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April, 2014, [3]

     He was on the fringes of Test selection last year before a shoulder injury cruelled his chances.

   • 2015, The Age, 8 September, 2015, [4]

     A shortage of berth space for mega container ships will restrict capacity at Melbourne’s port, cruelling Labor’s attempts to get maximum value from its privatisation, a leading shipping expert has warned.

2. (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
   • 2007, Stewart Motha, «Reconciliation as Domination» in Scott Veitch (ed.), Law and the Politics of Reconciliation, Routledge, 2016, p. 83, [5]

     Violence is apparently introduced early by the practice of «cruelling«: children even in their first months are physically punished and then encouraged to seek retribution by punishing the punisher.

   • 2009, Mark Colvin, ABC, «Peter Sutton discusses the politics of suffering in Aboriginal communities,» 2 July, 2009, [6]

     […] I was referring to the area where you were talking about this practice of cruelling; the pinching of babies, sometimes so hard that their skin breaks and may go septic.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

cruel (countable and uncountable, plural cruels)

1. Alternative form of crewel

Further reading[edit]

• cruel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “cruel”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

• lucre, ulcer

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin crūdēlis.

Adjective[edit]

cruel (epicene, plural crueles)

1. cruel

[edit]

• crueldá
• crudu

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin crūdēlis.

Adjective[edit]

cruel (masculine and feminine plural cruels)

1. cruel

Derived terms[edit]

• cruelment

[edit]

• crueltat
• cru

Further reading[edit]

• “cruel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cruel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis; either remade based on the Latin or evolved from the Old French form crual, possibly from a Vulgar Latin form *crūdālis.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /kʁy.ɛl/
• Homophones: cruels, cruelle, cruelles

Adjective[edit]

cruel (feminine cruelle, masculine plural cruels, feminine plural cruelles)

1. cruel
2. hard, painful

Synonyms[edit]

• féroce
• pénible

Derived terms[edit]

• cruellement

[edit]

• cruauté
• cru

Further reading[edit]

• “cruel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams[edit]

• culer
• recul

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin crūdēlis.

Adjective[edit]

cruel m or f (plural crueis)

1. cruel

Derived terms[edit]

• cruelment

[edit]

• crueldade
• cru

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• kruell, cruele, cruwel, crewel, cruell, cruwelle, crewelle, cruelle, crowell

Etymology[edit]

From Old French crual, from Latin crūdēlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /kriu̯ˈɛːl/, /ˈkriu̯ɛl/, /ˈkriu̯əl/, /ˈkruəl/

Adjective[edit]

cruel

1. Merciless, cruel; revelling in another’s pain.
2. Deleterious, injurious; conducive to suffering.
3. Unbearable, saddening, terrifying.
4. Strict, unforgiving, mean; not nice.
5. Savage, vicious, dangerous; displaying ferocity.
6. Bold, valiant, heroic (in war)
7. (rare) Sharp, acrid, bitter-tasting.

Derived terms[edit]

• cruelheed
• cruelly
• cruelnesse
• cruelte

Descendants[edit]

• English: cruel
• Scots: cruel

References[edit]

• “crūē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cruel, from Latin crūdēlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: cru‧el

Adjective[edit]

cruel m or f (plural cruéis)

1. (of a person or creature) cruel (that intentionally causes or revels in pain and suffering)

   O algoz era conhecido por ser extremamente cruel.

   The executioner was known for being extremely cruel.

   Synonym: bárbaro

2. (of a situation or occurrence) cruel; harsh; severe

   Ele recebeu uma cruel mas merecida sentença.

   He received a harsh but deserved sentenced.

   Synonyms: severo, terrível, pesado

3. (of a doubt or question) distressful

   Que dúvida cruel!

   What a horrible doubt!

   Synonym: terrível

4. (of an occurrence) bloody; violent

   Foi uma batalha cruel.

   It was a bloody battle.

   Synonyms: sangrento, cruento, sanguinolento

Derived terms[edit]

• cruelmente

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• crueldade
• cru

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish, from Latin crūdēlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾwel/ [ˈkɾwel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: cruel

Adjective[edit]

cruel (plural crueles)

1. cruel, mean

Derived terms[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

• “cruel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014