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(satellite adjective) lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy |
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Synonyms: unkind |
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(satellite adjective) (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" |
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Synonyms: brutal, harsh, rigorous, unkind |
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(satellite adjective) (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war" |
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Synonyms: brutal |
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(satellite adjective) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" |
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Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious |
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