Cruel crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 letters

We’re sharing answers for “Cruel” that were taken from crosswords where the clue was identical or nearly so, helping you review entries that have been used effectively before.

Possible Answers:

  • MEAN
  • SADISTIC
  • INHUMAN
  • BRUTAL
  • NASTY
  • HEARTLESS
  • INHUMANE
  • UNKIND
  • SAVAGE
  • BARBARIC
  • RUTHLESS
  • PITILESS
  • MERCILESS
  • HARSH
  • UNMERCIFUL
  • COLDHEARTED
  • CALLOUS
  • HARDHEARTED
  • VICIOUS
  • DESPICABLE

Synonyms and Definitions

MEAN

  • Synonyms: average, base, bastardly, beggarly, entail, hateful, have in mind, imply, intend, mean value, meanspirited, mingy, miserly, signify, stand for, think, think of, tight

INHUMAN

  • Synonyms: cold, cold-blooded, insensate

BRUTAL

  • Synonyms: barbarous, beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, fell, roughshod, savage, unrelenting, vicious

NASTY

  • Synonyms: awful, cruddy, filthy, foul, smutty

HEARTLESS

  • Synonyms: hardhearted

UNKIND

  • Synonyms: pitiless

SAVAGE

  • Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, beast, blast, brutal, crucify, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, furious, pillory, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild, wildcat, wolf

RUTHLESS

  • Synonyms: remorseless, unpitying

PITILESS

  • Synonyms: ruthless, unkind

MERCILESS

  • Synonyms: unmerciful

HARSH

  • Synonyms: abrasive, coarse, rough

UNMERCIFUL

  • Synonyms: merciless

CALLOUS

  • Synonyms: calloused, cauterise, cauterize, indurate, pachydermatous, thickened

HARDHEARTED

  • Synonyms: heartless, stonyhearted, unfeeling

VICIOUS

  • Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, deplorable, evil, poisonous, reprehensible, venomous

DESPICABLE

  • Synonyms: slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched