Cruel - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 01/09/2025

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Cruel.

7 letter answer(s) to cruel

ABUSIVE
  1. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
  2. expressing offensive reproach
INHUMAN
  1. belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"
  2. without compunction or human feeling;
VICIOUS
  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
  2. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
  3. having the nature of vice
  4. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

8 letter answer(s) to cruel

INHUMANE
  1. lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
RUTHLESS
  1. without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

4 letter answer(s) to cruel

MEAN
  1. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
  2. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
  3. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
  4. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
  5. characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
  6. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
  7. destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
  8. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
  9. have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
  10. have as a logical cons

6 letter answer(s) to cruel

UNKIND
  1. Cruel
  2. deficient in humane and kindly feelings
  3. lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"

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Aim low
An average
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Annoyance to the royals? That's heartless and unkind
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Average guy, limiting energy
Babe perhaps given comparatively little? That's cruel
Bad average
Bad-tempered
Barbaric
Base aim
Beastly
Bell curve figure
Black-hearted
Brutal
Callous orders restricting most of the citizens, ultimately
Cold-hearted
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Cruel and senseless endlessly suppressing buzz
Cruel and senseless to inhibit what bees do
Cruel and stupid to constrict busy sound
Cruel chums stripped man naked in pub
Cruel French here? You must provide cover
Cruel when in France you set about old company
Cruel, barbaric
Cut-throat
Design tight pants - Amen!
Devoid of mercy, like an incomplete Bible?
Dishonourable aim
Drone - boring, senseless, cruel
Foul and sticky leaving South Carolina for Channel Isles
Hard-hearted
Hard-hearted, horrible hustlers
Hard-hearted? Girl not so much!
Harsh description of defective Old Testament?
Have as a definition
Have in mind
Hustlers
I have to follow a police raid, nearly causing harm
Ignoble
Ill-tempered
Imply
Indicate average value
Insulting
Intend
Intend miserly staff to maintain English average
Intend to be average
Intend; average
Intend; poor in quality
Lacking mercy, like an incomplete Bible?

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