cruel
/krʊəl/
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American sound/krʊəl/
cruel
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cruel /kru:ǝl/ adj (-ller, -llest )
၁။ (derog ) ~ (to sb/ sth)
ရက်စက်သော။ ကြမ်းကြုတ်သော။ ညှဉ်းပန်းသော။ a cruel boss/ master/ dictator ❍ Don't be cruel to animals. ❍ His eyes were cruel and hard. ❍ Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (ie make sb suffer because they will benefit from this later).
၂။ အနာတရဖြစ်စေသော။ ကိုယ်စိတ် ဆင်းရဲစေသော။ မညှာတာသော။ a cruel blow/ punishment/ joke/ fate ❍ cruel (ie bad) luck ❍ War is cruel.
❏ cruelly /'kru:ǝli/ adv ရက်ရက်စက်စက်။ အကြင်နာမဲ့စွာ။ မညှာမတာ။
The dog had been cruelly treated. ❍ I was cruelly deceived.
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Synonyms
unkind, mean, nasty, brutal, pitiless, malicious, spiteful, vindictive, merciless, vicious, heartless, ruthless, harsh, callous, atrocious, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutish, cold-blooded, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferine, ferocious, fierce, flinty, forbidding, hard, hard-hearted, hateful, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, punishing, rancorous, relentless, revengeful, sadistic, sinful, swinish, tyrannical, unfeeling, unnatural, unpleasant, unrelenting, vengeful, virulent, wicked
Antonyms
charitable, compassionate, considerate, decent, easy, feeling, friendly, gentle, giving, good, helpful, humane, kind, merciful, mild, moral, nice, pleasant, pleasing, polite, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel
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