English-Italian translations for cruel

• crudele
  L'Alzheimer è una malattia crudele. Alzheimer's is a cruel disease.
  E' un governo crudele e malvagio”. It's a cruel and evil government'.
  Saddam Hussein è un dittatore crudele. Saddam Hussein is a cruel dictator.
• feroce
  Signor Presidente, la storia ci insegna che è difficile stabilire chi, nei Balcani, sia più buono o più cattivo, più feroce o più gentile. Mr President, history teaches us that it is hard to tell who is good or bad or cruel or kind in the Balkans.
• malvagio
  E' un governo crudele e malvagio”. It's a cruel and evil government'.

Definition of cruel

• Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless
• Harsh; severe
• Cool; awesome; neat
• To a great degree; terribly
• To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success
• To violently provoke in the belief that this will make them more assertive

Examples

• The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.

Related words

• cruelty
• cruelly
• anticruelty
• Cruella
• cruelty to animals
• goodbye, cruel world
• goodbye cruel world
• animal cruelty