Word "CRUEL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Synonyms:
barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
Examples:
cruel tortures

Crossword Clues for CRUEL

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Clue Source Date
Callous The Telegraph Quick 26 Aug 2025
Vile clue half ignored without regret The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jul 2025
Filthy lucre is merciless(5)
Mean to cause ulcer damage (5)
Terribly unkind The Telegraph Plusword 01 Jun 2025
Inhumane Commuter 21 May 2025
Conservative bending rule is lacking in compassion (5)
Draconian New York Times 17 Apr 2025
Horrible ulcer causing distress (5)
Malicious Mirror Tea Time 03 Apr 2025
Fur-obsessed vil___in created by Dodie Smith Universal 13 Mar 2025
_ Intentions, 1999 film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe (5)
Heartless, very unkind (5)
Our star's movie: - Intentions
Inhumane Commuter 30 Jan 2025
Heartless LA Times Daily 21 Jan 2025
"I must be only to be kind" (Shakespeare, Hamlet) (5)
_ Intentions, new drama with Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess (5)
Without mercy, credit is universally given to the Spanish (5)
Inhuman lucre (5)
Heartless setter finally typed in cryptic clue (5)
"Don't Be ___" (1955 hit by Elvis) (5)
Maliciously causing pain Mirror Classic 17 Nov 2024
Barbaric, merciless The Times Concise 29 Oct 2024
'I must be ___ only to be kind' (Shakespeare Hamlet act 3, sc. 4) (5)
Malicious Mirror Tea Time 15 Oct 2024
Very mean and unkind
Barbaric Wall Street Journal 24 Sep 2024
Hard-hearted, unkind (5) The Sun Mini 07 Sep 2024
U2 "So ___" (5)
Brutal The Sun Mini 13 Jul 2024
Bananarama's "___ Summer" Universal 09 Jul 2024
Merciless with many a rule breaker (5)
Like Fantine's coworkers in "Les Miserables"
Sadistic USA Today 06 Jun 2024
Inhumane Commuter 29 May 2024
Callous The Telegraph Quick 21 May 2024
Brutish corporal outwardly concealing regret (5)
Not kind of vintage the French can return to (5)
Sadistic kind of yarn is heard (5)
Brutal (5) Puzzler 29 Mar 2024
1999 film drama starring Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar (5,10)
& 6D 1999 film drama starring Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar Mirror Quiz 24 Mar 2024
Barbarous lucre (5)
Inhumane Mirror Classic 10 Mar 2024
Beyond unkind Commuter 09 Mar 2024
Sadistic, mean
After start of Christmas, Misrule was very unkind (5)
Harsh or unkind
Sadistic The Times Concise 20 Feb 2024
Very mean Premier Sunday 18 Feb 2024
Cryptic clue about Republican devoid of pity (5)
Cryptic clue about Republican devoid of pity The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Feb 2024
Merciless Wall Street Journal 12 Feb 2024
Malicious Mirror Tea Time 11 Feb 2024
Lacking mercy (5)
Hard-hearted way to effect cure at fifty (5)
Filthy lucre makes one heartless (5)
Maliciously unkind (5)
Very mean Newsday 12 Dec 2023
Not very nice Newsday 07 Dec 2023
Merciless Commuter 27 Nov 2023
Meaner than mean LA Times Daily 12 Sep 2023
Monstrous or barbaric
Like Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters
Raw cold food Oliver's presented not good The Telegraph Toughie 17 Mar 2023
Unkind and wicked
"___ Summer," 1983 song by Bananarama
Showing no mercy The Washington Post Sunday 01 May 2022
Vicious Wall Street Journal 26 Apr 2022
Causing suffering The Times Concise 11 Mar 2022
Heartless Thomas Joseph 05 Mar 2022
Unacceptable, as punishment The Washington Post 20 Feb 2022
Unacceptable, as punishment LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2022
More than unkind LA Times Daily 09 Feb 2022
More than unkind The Washington Post 09 Feb 2022
Cold-blooded Universal 06 Jan 2022
Vicious The Guardian Quick 27 Oct 2021
Villainous in manner Newsday 17 Oct 2021
Heartless The Washington Post 10 Oct 2021
Heartless LA Times Daily 10 Oct 2021
Not at all nice Newsday 25 Jul 2021
"___ Intentions," Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar starrer romantic drama
Deliberately and pitilessly causing pain Irish Times Simplex 04 Jun 2021
"___ Intentions," teen drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil for which she won an MTV Movie Award
Not very nice Newsday 28 Mar 2021
Heartless New York Times 03 Feb 2021
. Nasty about French street – lying primarily
Sadistic The Telegraph Quick 11 Jan 2021
Merciless Newsday 29 Dec 2020
Inhumane or merciless
Heartless The Telegraph Quick 13 Nov 2020
Not nice at all LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2020
Not nice at all The Washington Post 15 Sep 2020
Dreadful ulcer is more than one can bear Irish Times Crosaire 25 Jul 2020
Mean New York Times 23 Jul 2020
Vicious USA Today 17 Jun 2020
Ruthless Conservative line taken without regret The Telegraph Cryptic 16 May 2020
Barbaric or merciless
Mean LA Times Daily 29 Apr 2020
Mean The Washington Post 29 Apr 2020
Very unkind Newsday 28 Apr 2020
Pitiless LA Times Daily 11 Mar 2020
Pitiless The Washington Post 11 Mar 2020
Heartless USA Today 21 Dec 2019
Draconian The New Yorker 09 Dec 2019
Monstrous or barbaric
Like Cinderella's stepmother
Unkind The Times Concise 29 Sep 2019
Reese Witherspoon's "___ Intentions"
Inhumane Thomas Joseph 17 Jun 2019
Like April, per Eliot Universal 17 May 2019
Unusual partner? Universal 15 May 2019
Unusual companion? Wall Street Journal 14 May 2019
Nasty Universal 31 Mar 2019
One who shows no mercy
Sadistic New York Times 06 Feb 2019
Causing suffering The Times Concise 10 Jan 2019
Unusual companion?
Like April, per Eliot
Nasty
Sadistic
Unusual partner?
Regret punching Conservative and Liberal, causing pain
Eighth Amendment adjective Wall Street Journal 20 Dec 2018
Ruthless Wall Street Journal 08 Dec 2018
Foul and oppressive, like some fairy tale kings
Devoid of pity The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2018
Cold-hearted captain's rule goes astray
Capable of atrocities USA Today 30 Jul 2018
Inhumane The Washington Post 25 Jul 2018
Inhumane LA Times Daily 25 Jul 2018
Be sorry in class as opposed to being mean
Like Simon Legree USA Today 10 Feb 2018
Inhumane
Like Simon Legree
Merciless
Eighth Amendment adjective
Ruthless
Capable of atrocities
Deliberately hurtful New York Times 18 Dec 2017
More than nasty, like some fairytale kings
Heartless Eugene Sheffer 29 Sep 2017
Captain to regret loss that's heartbreaking
Inflicting pain and feeling no concern Irish Times Simplex 04 May 2017
Draconian The Chronicle of Higher Education 14 Apr 2017
Barbarous New York Times 23 Mar 2017
Like Vlad the Impaler New York Times 05 Jan 2017
Deliberately hurtful
Like Vlad the Impaler
Barbarous
Meaner than mean Universal 06 Dec 2016
Very mean Newsday 09 Nov 2016
Merciless Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2016
Mean, mean, mean New York Times 17 Oct 2016
Like Cinderella's stepsisters Wall Street Journal 08 Oct 2016
Twisting the knife, say New York Times 10 Sep 2016
Mercilessly mean The Washington Post 21 Jun 2016
Merciless The Telegraph Quick 25 Feb 2016
Like a Grand Inquisitor New York Times 16 Jan 2016
Like a Grand Inquisitor
Mean, mean, mean
Meaner than mean
Twisting the knife, say
Barbaric Universal 20 Nov 2015
Hard clue set to trap solver ultimately
Dreadful ulcer is painful Irish Times Crosaire 22 May 2015
Inhumane Eugene Sheffer 24 Apr 2015
Brutal The Telegraph Quick 16 Feb 2015
Unusual partner? USA Today 07 Feb 2015
Heartbreaking for the French to return finally the best of the vineyard Irish Times Crosaire 12 Jan 2015
Very mean
Barbaric
Bananarama's "Summer"
Pitiless
Merciless
Mean
Unusual partner?
Regret cutting first half of clue, causing distress
Beastly
Nasty and then some
Not at all kind-hearted
Sadistic
Not very nice
Very unkind
A bit worse than 44-Across
Ironhearted
Hard-hearted
Monstrous
Barbaric
Like Cinderella's stepsisters
Mean, and then some
Despotic
Sadistic
Vicious
Ruthless
Hard-hearted
Mean, and then some
Steve Martin's "___ Shoes"
Merciless
Unusual companion?
Unusual companion?
Cold-blooded
Heartless
Merciless
Barbarous
Draconian
Inhumane
Eighth Amendment word
Merciless
Like Ms. deVille
Nasty and then some
Harsh
Like Simon Legree
Brutal
Mean
Like Cinderella's stepmother
Like Cinderella's stepmother
Unusual partner
Truculent
Eighth Amendment word
Hard-hearted
Like the Murdstones in "David Copperfield"
Unusual partner
More than mean
Ruthless
"___ Shoes" (Steve Martin book)
Draconian
Unusual partner?
Unusual partner
Vicious
Like Caligula
Merciless
Unusual partner
Cold-blooded
Not at all nice
Sadistic
Merciless
Barbaric
Mean
Having no mercy
Heartless
Unusual's partner?
Unusual partner?
Nasty and then some
Not nice
Unkind
Elvis' "Don't Be ___"
Unusual partner?
Elvis's "Don't Be ___"
Merciless
Mean
Inhumane
Barbaric
Sadistic
Merciless
Unkind
Brutal
Black-hearted
Unusual partner?
Savage
Heartless
More than nasty
Like some practical jokes
Malevolent
Heartless
Mean
Diabolical
Like Simon Legree
Hardhearted
Beastly
Like fairy-tale stepmothers
Merciless
Heartless
Merciless (5)
Monsarrat's "The ___ Sea"
Remorseless
Unrelenting
Like fate, often
Like Monsarrat's sea
"The ___ Sea"
Illegal kind of punishment
Pitiless
Unkind.
"The ___ Sea."
Hard-hearted.
Adjective for the sea.
Despotic.
"___ wars, wasting the earth."—Milton
Barbarous.
Merciless.
Harsh.
Neronian.
Ruthless.
Pitiless.
Like Sade.
Inhuman.
Tyrannic.
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