Bluff and Cruel

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Bluff adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.

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Cruel and bluff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Bluff".

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

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Bluff and cruel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead an adjective "Cruel".

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Then David, in a cruel double bluff, offers Michael a swig of human blood from a wine bottle, and despite the warning of his semi-vampiric crush Star that it's actually blood for real, Michael drinks it and becomes a semi-vampire himself.

Source: Foreign Queasine
Later on, Armin uses a cruel bluff to provoke Bertolt, describing how Annie is being viciously tortured.

Source: Moral Myopia

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