adj. 殘酷的，殘忍的; 使人痛苦的，讓人受難的; 無情的，嚴酷的;
[例句]Children can be so cruel
孩子有時可能會相當殘忍。
[其他] 比較級：crueller 最高級：cruelles
牛津詞典
adj.
不規則形式 crueller, cruellest
1
~ (to sb/sth)
殘酷的；冷酷的；殘忍的；殘暴的
having a desire to cause pain and suffering
a cruel dictator
殘暴的獨裁者
I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
我無法容忍虐待動物的人。
Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷。
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later) .
有時候為了某人好妳就得對他狠。
反義詞： kind
2
引起痛苦的
causing pain or suffering
a cruel punishment/joke
殘酷的懲罰；挖苦人的笑話
Her father's death was a cruel blow .
父親去世對她是壹大打擊。
派生詞cruelly adv.
The dog had been cruelly treated.
那條狗壹直受虐待。
I was cruelly deceived.
我被騙得慘透了。