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