cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it.

CRUEL definition: willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others. See examples of cruel used in a sentence.

CRUEL definition: 1. (of a person or action) extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals…. Learn more.

1. causing or inflicting pain without pity: a cruel teacher. 2. causing pain or suffering: a cruel accident.

Definition of cruel adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Cruelty, in this sense, is defined as an “inclination of the mind toward the side of harshness”. [9] Any punishment or other treatment that surpasses the scope of sufficiency and ventures into …

Cruel implies willingness to cause pain, and indifference to suffering: a cruel stepfather. Pitiless adds the idea of refusal to show compassion: pitiless to captives.

6 days ago · cruel (comparative crueler or crueller or more cruel, superlative cruelest or cruellest or most cruel) The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the …

Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. Children can be so cruel. Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?

cruel meaning, definition, what is cruel: making someone suffer or feel unhappy: Learn more.