cruel

[US]/ˈkruːəl/
[UK]/ˈkruːəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. duro, brutal, que causa sufrimiento
Word Forms
Superlativocruellest
Comparativocrueller

Phrases & Collocations

extremely cruel

extremadamente cruel

Example Sentences

in a cruel predicament

en una situación cruel

the victim of a cruel hoax.

la víctima de una cruel broma.

He is cruel to animals.

Él es cruel con los animales.

cruel and inhuman behavior.

comportamiento cruel e inhumano.

the girl had a cruel face.

la chica tenía un rostro cruel.

cruel or degrading treatment.

tratamiento cruel o degradante.

Tigers are cruel by nature.

Los tigres son crueles por naturaleza.

It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.

Es cruel ahogar al gato en el río.

a savage attack on a political rival.See Synonyms at cruel

un ataque salvaje contra un rival político.Ver sinónimos en cruel

That crueled the experiment.

Eso perjudicó el experimento.

Fate dealt him a cruel blow.

El destino le asestó un golpe cruel.

Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.

No cortes a tu caballo de esa manera cruel.

It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.

Es cruel usar un látigo para castigar a un niño.

Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.

Su trato cruel hacia los prisioneros fue abominable.

the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

la prohibición constitucional contra castigos crueles e inusuales

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

Ellos fueron víctimas de una cruel broma.

He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

Él cree que es cruel confinar un alondra en una jaula.

A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.

Una madre que es cruel con su hijo es antinatural.

I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.

No soporto a la gente que es cruel con los animales.

Real-world Examples

I was cruel, and I'm never cruel.

Source: Selected Electronic Love Letters

And some people are just inherently cruel.

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

His answer was brutal, cruel and inhumane.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) July 2018 Collection

Yet for one creature, that strategy seems almost cruel.

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

Maybe you'd call it cruel but others would call it love, tough love!

Source: Villains' Tea Party

" Fate is cruel, " he thought. " Fate is cruel to me."

Source: The Trumpet Swan

You have A cruel sense of humor.

Source: Ice Age 1 Highlights

Come home immediately, you cruel boy! '

Source: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

The slow and agonizing method through which children are tortured and killed seems needlessly cruel.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

It's the way of surviving in this cruel cruel world that she finds herself in.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

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