| abuse |
cruel or harmful treatment. [1/6 definitions] |
| atrocious |
very evil, cruel, or brutal. [1/2 definitions] |
| beast |
a part of human nature which is rude, cruel, or like a wild animal. [1/2 definitions] |
| bloodthirsty |
eager to cause or interested in acts of bloodshed; cruel. |
| bloody |
cruel; vicious. [1/3 definitions] |
| brutal |
cruel or savage. |
| brute |
a cruel or unkind person. [1/2 definitions] |
| cold-blooded |
done without kindness or other feelings; cruel. [1/2 definitions] |
| cruel |
When someone is cruel, they hurt other people or animals and don't care that they cause pain. [2 definitions] |
| cruelty |
the state or characteristic of being cruel. [2 definitions] |
| devil |
a bad, cruel, or wicked person; villain. [1/3 definitions] |
| disapprove |
If you disapprove of something, you think it is bad and wrong. Most people disapprove of people being cruel to animals, for example. Let's say your parents disapprove of one of your friends. That means that they feel this person will not be a good friend for you. They believe they will not treat you well, or they will influence you in some bad way. |
| foul |
When someone does a foul thing, they do a very bad or cruel thing, or something that is completely not fair. [1/9 definitions] |
| gentle |
When someone is gentle, they are kind and never want to bring pain or trouble to other people or animals. A gentle person is not mean or cruel. [1/4 definitions] |
| harsh |
When someone is harsh to other people, it means that they are mean or cruel, or they punish people hard. [1/3 definitions] |
| humane |
If people act in a humane way, they treat other people or animals with kindness and are not cruel to them. |
| inhuman |
without human feelings such as warmth, mercy, or sympathy; cruel, brutal, or not caring. |
| iron |
stern or cruel; hard. [1/9 definitions] |
| massacre |
the killing of a large number of people or animals in a cruel and violent manner. [2 definitions] |
| mean2 |
not nice; nasty or cruel. [1/2 definitions] |
| mercy |
If someone is suffering and you show mercy to them or treat them with mercy, it means you treat them in a kind way and try to stop their suffering Sometimes showing mercy means to stop treating someone in a cruel way oneself or to make others stop being cruel. [1/3 definitions] |