"cruel" meaning in Englisch

See cruel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-cruel.wav , En-us-cruel.ogg Forms: cruel [positive], crueler [comparative], crueller [comparative], cruelest [superlative], cruellest [superlative]
  1. absichtlich gemein; absichtlich Schmerz oder Leid verursachend
    Sense id: de-cruel-en-adj-SKRYWgpH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, vicious Derived forms: cruelly, cruelness Translations (absichtlich gemein; absichtlich Schmerz oder Leid verursachend): grausam (Deutsch), cruel (Französisch)

Inflected forms

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