English主要词典
cruel
Universal Words
adjective (crueller, cruellest)
1 (to sb/sth) having a desire to cause pain and suffering:
a cruel dictator * I can't stand people who are cruel to animals. * Her eyes were cruel and hard. * Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later).
2 causing pain or suffering:
a cruel punishment / joke * Her father's death was a cruel blow.
cruelly adverb:
The dog had been cruelly treated. * I was cruelly deceived.
