cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it.

CRUEL definition: 1. (of a person or action) extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals…. Learn more.

cruel, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

CRUEL definition: willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others. See examples of cruel used in a sentence.

Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. Children can be so cruel. Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?

Some common synonyms of cruel are barbarous, ferocious, fierce, and savage. While all these words mean "showing fury or malignity in looks or actions," cruel implies indifference to suffering and even …

CRUEL meaning: 1. (of a person or action) extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals…. Learn more.

CRUEL definition: extremely unkind, or causing people or animals to suffer: . Learn more.

Mar 5, 1999 · Cruel Intentions: Directed by Roger Kumble. With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair. Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a …

Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction of suffering or harm by humans upon animals, either by omission (neglect) or by commission. More narrowly, it …