Cruel and Dark

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Dark adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Usage example: dark deeds that resulted in the Russian czar being known to history as Ivan the Terrible

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Cruel and dark are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Dark".

Nearby Words: darken, darkness, darkened, darkening, darkly

All my life you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place, but now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Animated Films
Through his correspondance with Kay-Lee, Cadel begins to realize that perhaps the world isn't as dark and cruel as he thought.

Source: Literature / Evil Genius Trilogy
In unusually cruel and dark cases the player is simply punched without there being a villain, or anybody else, to blame and take revenge on.

Source: Player Punch

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