| query | A situation or event that is c____ is very harsh and causes people distress.A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. ...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope. By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course. His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making. |
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| word | cruel |
| full-definition | adjective Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. Children can be so cruel. Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up? Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings. A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. ...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope. By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course. His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making. |
| inflections | cruellercruellestcruellycruelly |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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