| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-kind-to-someone-or-something-and-causing-pain |
| 释义 | not kind to someone or something and causing painThese words all describe not being kind to and causing pain to someone or something, often on purpose. One of the most common words for this is cruel. Cruel is used when you are not kind and hurt someone or something on purpose. Teasing them for being overweight is cruel. No one should be cruel to animals. The opposite of cruel is kind. She was the kindest, gentlest person I've ever met. Thank you for being so kind to me. For more opposites of cruel, see the article at kind. Callous, cold-blooded, or ruthless can be used when someone is very cruel and would hurt someone and does not care if the person suffers. He had a callous disregard for the feelings of others. The budget is based on a cold-blooded analysis of the markets. He was a ruthless dictator. Heartless can be used about people who are cruel because they do not care about other people. He has been described as a heartless boss by several employees. You could use sadistic if someone is cruel to other people and seems to enjoy it. The killer was described as sadistic. If someone is slightly cruel to someone, you could use the words nasty or mean to describe them. Nasty and mean are very common in speech. Don't be so nasty to him! Don't listen to him. He's just being mean. If something is extremely cruel and unpleasant, you could describe it as barbaric or inhumane. The world must condemn their actions as barbaric. We are trying to end the most inhumane forms of punishment. If something is cruel because it is intended to upset or harm someone, it is malicious. People were spreading malicious rumours about him. |
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