Antonyms for cruel

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kroo-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru əl

Definition of cruel

Origin : early 13c., from Old French cruel (12c.), earlier crudel, from Latin crudelis "rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard-hearted," related to crudus "rough, raw, bloody" (see crude). Related: Cruelly.

adj vicious, pitiless; causing pain

Example sentences :

They were kind-hearted and rarely did anything that was cruel.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Supposing—— It was cruel to excite and upset her just for that; it made the pain worse.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

The contrasts were so cruel that they scorched the eyes of the soul.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Those who bring them on us seem captious, thoughtless, cruel.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

"He is cruel, and the very incarnation of selfishness," he said.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

If he had been guilty, what was that to the cruel world so ready to punish, so ready to do worse!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I did not know how cruel they were, or I would have come long ago.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Judge what a cruel wound for the heart of that poor shepherd!
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

It's just cruel the way that poor old horse has been neglected.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Would you have Crane get out on the housetop an' shout to you to go an' cruel Porter's mare?
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for cruel

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