Vocabulary
Cruel
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
Urdu meaning
سنگدل، ظالم، ظالمانہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- King became yet another victim of the Vietnam War, which he had criticised as `one of history`s most cruel and senseless wars`.
- On the other hand, even under Iran`s strict clerical rule, the cruel death in custody of 22-year-old anti-hijab activist Mahsa Amini led to countrywide protests, suggesting that change is inevitable.
- Second, to abstract concepts essential for the learning process good fairies, evil witches and cruel monsters.
- Good, evil and cruel are part of the intangible set of thinking tools without which ideas cannot be fathomed.
- Yet, despite all the human effort and material resources that are expended on making Pakistan poliofree, misguided parents continue to reject the vaccine, putting not only their children but also others at risk of the cruel disease.
Synonyms
brutal, savage, inhuman, barbaric, barbarous, brutish, bloodthirsty, murderous
Antonyms
compassionate, merciful
Curator example
“people who are cruel to animals”
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