Cruel
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 24 Nov 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 10 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 29 Oct 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 12 Jul 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 25 Jun 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 19 May 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 4 May 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 16 Nov 2020
- The Mirror Classic - Thursday, 12 Nov 2020
- USA Today - Monday, 31 Aug 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 20 Jan 2019
Crossword Answers
4 letters
MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
FELL
The act of felling something (as a tree)
5 letters
HARSH
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
ULCER
A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
LUCRE
Informal terms for money
NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
6 letters
SAVAGE
A cruelly rapacious person
BRUTAL
Disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"
UNKIND
Lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"
7 letters
INHUMAN
Without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
ABUSIVE
Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
VICIOUS
Having the nature of vice
CALLOUS
Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
BEASTLY
In a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
8 letters
BARBARIC
Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
DESPOTIC
Belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
PITILESS
Deficient in humane and kindly feelings
SADISTIC
Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
INHUMANE
Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
RUTHLESS
Without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
9 letters
HEARTLESS
Lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
BARBAROUS
Primitive in customs and culture
ROUGHSHOD
Unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
UNFEELING
Devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"
MERCILESS
Having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
TRUCULENT
Defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new government"
MONSTROUS
Abnormally large
10 letters
UNMERCIFUL
Having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
11 letters
COLDHEARTED
Lacking in sympathy or feeling
REMORSELESS
Without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
HARDHEARTED
Lacking in feeling or pity or warmth