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cruel
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
US crueler or British crueller US cruelest or British cruellest
US crueler or British crueller US cruelest or British cruellest
Learner's definition of CRUEL
[also more cruel; most cruel]
1
— used to describe people who hurt others and do not feel sorry about it残忍的；残暴的；冷酷的
- a cruel dictator/tyrant残酷的独裁者/暴君
- Children can be cruel, as any child who has been made fun of by others knows.任何被人取笑过的小孩都知道，孩子们也有残酷的一面。
- He says he can't trust people who are cruel to animals.他说他无法信任那些虐待动物的人。
- a cruel smile [=the smile of a cruel person]狞笑
2
: causing or helping to cause suffering : terrible and unfair使痛苦的；使难过的；使受罪的
- a cruel joke挖苦人的笑话
- It was a very cruel [=hurtful] thing to say.这件事说起来很伤感情。
- I thought it was rather cruel [=unkind] of them to give her all the dirty work.我觉得他们把所有的脏活都推给她干太狠心了。
- a cruel twist of fate命运的无情反转
- Hunger is a cruel fact of nature.饥饿是大自然的残酷事实。
- Life has dealt them some cruel blows in recent years. [=some very bad things have happened to them in recent years]最近几年里，他们厄运连连。
- The law forbids cruel and unusual punishment. [=punishment that is very harsh and inappropriate for the crime]法律禁止使用酷刑。
— cruelly
adverb- treated cruelly虐待
- He was cruelly beaten.他被暴打了一顿。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
a cruel twist of fate Hunger is a cruel fact of nature.
Recent Examples on the Web In the lawsuit, Crago alleges prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment by failing to keep him safe, and his First Amendment rights when Pitz retaliated against him for speaking out. 
Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 Courts are finding that this is a violation of the Eighth Amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 Attorneys for Le and Yoo had argued that, partly because of their youth, a life sentence would constitute cruel and unusual punishment barred by the Eighth Amendment. Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022 Trips could last for days; it wasn’t considered cruel and unusual punishment to include clubs residing in Maine, Virginia and Ohio in the same league. Mitchell Nathanson, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2022 Drugs and violence are widespread in Alabama prisons, where conditions are so overcrowded and understaffed that federal authorities filed a lawsuit alleging the state system violates the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. al, 1 Sep. 2022 The advocates claim that closing the park is a cruel and unusual punishment because there is a lack of adequate alternatives for those camping there and therefore violates homeless individuals’ Eighth Amendment rights against excessive penalties. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 In 2009, two Pelican Bay men in the same solitary unit as McCarthy — Todd Ashker and Danny Troxell — filed a handwritten federal lawsuit claiming their treatment violated the 8th Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The Borowitz Report)—In an impassioned plea in open court, lawyers for Steve Bannon argued that imprisoning their client would result in cruel and unusual punishment for those incarcerated with him. Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 See More
Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 Courts are finding that this is a violation of the Eighth Amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 Attorneys for Le and Yoo had argued that, partly because of their youth, a life sentence would constitute cruel and unusual punishment barred by the Eighth Amendment. Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022 Trips could last for days; it wasn’t considered cruel and unusual punishment to include clubs residing in Maine, Virginia and Ohio in the same league. Mitchell Nathanson, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2022 Drugs and violence are widespread in Alabama prisons, where conditions are so overcrowded and understaffed that federal authorities filed a lawsuit alleging the state system violates the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. al, 1 Sep. 2022 The advocates claim that closing the park is a cruel and unusual punishment because there is a lack of adequate alternatives for those camping there and therefore violates homeless individuals’ Eighth Amendment rights against excessive penalties. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 In 2009, two Pelican Bay men in the same solitary unit as McCarthy — Todd Ashker and Danny Troxell — filed a handwritten federal lawsuit claiming their treatment violated the 8th Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The Borowitz Report)—In an impassioned plea in open court, lawyers for Steve Bannon argued that imprisoning their client would result in cruel and unusual punishment for those incarcerated with him. Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin crudelis, from crudus — see crude entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of cruel was in the 14th century Phrases Containing cruel
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