cruel

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• kro͞oəl
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From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wreedaardig — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Albanian: mizor — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Arabic: قَاسٍ (qāsin) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Arabic: الْقَاسِي (al-qāsī) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Armenian: դաժան (dažan) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Armenian: անգութ (angutʻ) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Asturian: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Azerbaijani: qəddar — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Azerbaijani: amansız — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Azerbaijani: zalım — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Azerbaijani: vəhşi — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Azerbaijani: mərhəmətsiz — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Belarusian: жо́рсткі (žórstki) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Bulgarian: жесто́к (žestók) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Catalan: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Chinese: 橫逆 /横逆 (zh-min-nan) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘忍 /残忍 (cánrěn) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘酷 /残酷 (cánkù) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 狠心 (hěnxīn) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Ngazidja Comorian: -i — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Czech: krutý — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Danish: grusom — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Danish: rå — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Danish: umenneskelig — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Danish: grum — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Danish: styg — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Danish: ond — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Dutch: wreed — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Dutch: wrede — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Dutch: gemeen — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Dutch: gemene — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Esperanto: kruela — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Estonian: julm — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Faroese: grimmur — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Finnish: julma — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• French: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• West-Frisian: wreed — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Friulian: crudêl — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Galician: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Georgian: სასტიკი (sasṭiḳi) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Georgian: ულმობელი (ulmobeli) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• German: grausam — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Greek: σκληρός (sklirós) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hebrew: אַכְזָרִי (akhzarí) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hindi: निर्दयी (nirdayī) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hindi: क्रूर (krūr) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hindi: ज़ालिम (zālim) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hindi: उग्र (ugra) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hindi: अत्याचारी (atyācārī) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Hungarian: kegyetlen — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Icelandic: grimmur — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Icelandic: vondur — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Indonesian: kejam — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Indonesian: tega — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Interlingua: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Irish: ainiochtach — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Irish: cruálach — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Irish: danartha — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Irish: daordhálach — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Irish: neamhdhuineata — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Irish: turcánta — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Italian: crudele — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Japanese: 残酷 (zankoku) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Japanese: 酷い (hidoi) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Japanese: 惨い (mugoi) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Japanese: 残忍 (zannin) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Kazakh: қатал (qatal) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Kazakh: мейірімсіз (meiırımsız) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Korean: 잔혹하다 (janhokhada) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Korean: 잔인하다 (janinhada) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Northern Kurdish: zalim — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Northern Kurdish: bêrehm — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Kyrgyz: катаал (kataal) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Kyrgyz: ырайымсыз (ırayımsız) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Ladino: kruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Ladino: imansiz — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Ladino: ahzar — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Latin: crūdēlis — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Latin: saevus — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Latvian: nežēlīgs — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Lithuanian: žiaurus — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Lithuanian: negailestingas — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Malay: kejam — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Malay: zalim — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Malayalam: ക്രൂരം (krūraṁ) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Māori: whakawiriwiri — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Middle English: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Mongolian: хэрцгий (xercgii) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Neapolitan: malo — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Norwegian Bokmål: grusom — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Occitan: crudèl — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Occitan: cruèl — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Occitan: crusèl — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Old English: wælhrēow — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Papiamentu: kruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Persian: ظالِم (zâlem) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Persian: بی رَحْم (bi rahm) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Persian: ظالِمانِه (zâlemâne) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Plautdietsch: grausom — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Polish: okrutny — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Portuguese: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Romanian: crud — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Romanian: crunt — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Romanian: cumplit — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Russian: жесто́кий (žestókij) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Sanskrit: क्रूर (krūra) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: borb — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: garg — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: cruadalach — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-iochdmhor — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-thruacanta — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneasta — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: brùideil — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏човјечан — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏човечан — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏крӯтан — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅčovječan — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅčovečan — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍkrūtan — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Sicilian: crudili — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Slovak: krutý — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Slovene: krut — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Spanish: cruel — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Spanish: cruento — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Swahili: dhalimu — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Swedish: grym — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tagalog: malupit — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tajik: бераҳм (berahm) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tajik: золим (zolim) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tajik: бераҳмона (berahmona) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tajik: золимона (zolimona) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tatar: рәхимсез (räximsez) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Tày: ác — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Telugu: క్రూరమైన (krūramaina) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Thai: โหด (hòot) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Thai: ทารุณ (taa-run) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Thai: โหดร้าย (hòot-ráai) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Turkish: zalim — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Turkish: acımasız — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Turkish: vahşi — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Turkish: merhametsiz — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسز (dinsiz) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Turkmen: rehimsiz — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Ukrainian: жорсто́кий (žorstókyj) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Urdu: ظالِم (zālim) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Urdu: نِرْدَیِی (nirdayī) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Urdu: ظالِمانَہ (zālimāna) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uyghur: رەھىمسىز (rehimsiz) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uyghur: بىرەھىم (birehim) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uyghur: ۋەھشىي (wehshiy) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uzbek: shafqatsiz — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uzbek: berahm — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uzbek: zolim — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uzbek: rahmsiz — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Uzbek: vahshiy — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Vietnamese: độc ác — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Welsh: creulon — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Woiwurrung: nilimjak-koorring — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Yiddish: גרויזאַם (groyzam) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering
• Yiddish: אכזריותדיק (akhzóryesdik) — that intentionally causes pain and suffering