| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/not-kind-to-someone-or-something-and-causing-pain |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:not kind to someone or something and causing painnot kind to someone or something and causing painThese words all describe not being kind to and causing pain to someone or something, often on purpose. One of the most common words for this iscruel.Cruelis used when you are not kind and hurt someone or something on purpose. Teasing them for being overweight is cruel. No one should be cruel to animals. The opposite ofcrueliskind. She was the kindest, gentlest person I've ever met. Thank you for being so kind to me. For more opposites ofcruel, see the article atkind. Callous,cold-blooded, orruthlesscan be used when someone is very cruel and would hurt someone and does not care if the person suffers. He had a callous disregard for the feelings of others. The budget is based on a cold-blooded analysis of the markets. He was a ruthless dictator. Heartlesscan be used about people who are cruel because they do not care about other people. He has been described as a heartless boss by several employees. You could usesadisticif someone is cruel to other people and seems to enjoy it. The killer was described as sadistic. If someone is slightly cruel to someone, you could use the wordsnastyormeanto describe them.Nastyandmeanare very common in speech. Don't be so nasty to him! Don't listen to him. He's just being mean. If something is extremely cruel and unpleasant, you could describe it asbarbaricorinhumane. The world must condemn their actions as barbaric. We are trying to end the most inhumane forms of punishment. If something is cruel because it is intended to upset or harm someone, it ismalicious. People were spreading malicious rumours about him. |
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