Cruel Synonyms and Antonyms

kro͝oəl
Vicious
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. brutal
  2. fierce
  3. inhuman
  4. barbarous
  5. savage
  6. fell
  7. ruthless
  8. ferocious
  9. truculent
  10. barbaric
  11. depraved
  12. vicious
  13. bestial
  14. brutish
  15. evil
  16. sadistic
  17. atrocious
  18. wicked
  19. fiendish
  20. vengeful
  21. tyrannical
  22. satanic
  23. pitiless
  24. callous
  25. malevolent
  26. spiteful
  27. delighting in torture
  28. revengeful
  29. sinful
  30. degenerate
  31. disposed to inflict suffering
  32. demoniac
  33. outrageous
  34. gross
  35. swinish
  36. feral
  37. evil-minded
  38. bloody
  39. rancorous
  40. rough
  41. wild
  42. despiteful
  43. bloodthirsty
  44. merciless
  45. diabolical
  46. dispiteous
  47. draconian
  48. monstrous
  49. maleficent
  50. hard
  51. ravening
  52. hardhearted
  53. harsh
  54. heartless
  55. implacable
  56. incompassionate
  57. demoniacal
  58. indurate
  59. debased
  60. inexorable
  61. destructive
  62. harmful
  63. inhumane
  64. malignant
  65. insensitive
  66. virulent
  67. iron
  68. lupine
  69. evilly disposed
  70. malicious
  71. pernicious
  72. marblehearted
  73. mischievous
  74. mean
  75. perverted
  76. relentless
  77. remorseless
  78. wolfish
  79. bowelless
  80. uncompassioned
  81. severe
  82. tyrannous
  83. roughshod
  84. unfeeling
  85. unjust
  86. unkind
  87. unmerciful
  88. unpitiful
  89. unremorseful
  90. unsympathizing
Antonyms:
  1. kindly
  2. humane
  3. tender
  4. merciful
  5. touched
  6. compassionate
Pitiless
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ruthless
  2. callous
  3. unnatural
  4. merciless
  5. sadistic
  6. unpitying
  7. ferocious
  8. unmerciful
  9. unyielding
  10. obdurate
  11. coldblooded
  12. remorseless
  13. hardhearted
  14. unfeeling
  15. inflexible
  16. inclement
  17. indifferent to suffering
  18. unrelenting
  19. fierce
  20. inexorable
  21. relentless
  22. unsparing
  23. absolute
  24. grim
  25. grim-visaged
  26. inhuman
  27. severe
  28. harsh
  29. heartless
  30. stony
  31. savage
  32. stern
  33. unconcerned
  34. iron-handed
  35. without pity
  36. knowing no mercy
  37. giving no quarter
  38. turning a deaf ear
  39. hard-as-nails
  40. vicious
Antonyms:
  1. merciful
  2. kind
  3. compassionate
  4. uncruel
  5. touched
  6. considerate
  7. feeling
  8. gentle
  9. sympathetic
  10. charitable
  11. thoughtful

Words Related to Cruel

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Cruel Sentence Examples

  • He was a cruel and nasty man.

  • How could she have said such a cruel thing?

  • The ancient world was a cruel place.

  • Seems like it would appeal to your cruel streak of messing with people to see what they'll do.

  • They were among the fiercest and most cruel of the pirates of the north coast of Africa.

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