cruel

/kɹˈuəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   “a barbarous crime”

Synonyms for cruel

• barbarous
• brutal
• fell
• roughshod
• savage
• vicious
• inhumane

Words that rhyme with cruel

• fuel
• spiritual
• dual
• duel
• jewel
• renewal
• unusual
• refuel
• accrual
• contextual
• textual
• buell
• buil
• contrapunctual
• crewel
• dewall
• ewell
• greuel
• grewal
• juul
• kuhle
• metrosexual
• newell
• nonaccrual
• ruhle
• sewall
• sewell
• truell
• uhle