Cruel
Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Deplorable and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deplorable" instead an adjective "Cruel".
Deplorable
Deplorable adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Cruel and deplorable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Deplorable".
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- After ruling her home planet of Charn as a cruel and capricious tyrant with a 0% Approval Rating and on the eve of defeat by her own subjects, Jadis out of pure spite uttered the deplorable word, resulting in the death of every living thing on the planet except herself.
Source: Depopulation Bomb -
Corcoran finds the practice deplorable and when he catches the mastermind of the scheme, he shows Cruel Mercy by 'volunteering' the man for the army at gunpoint.
Source: Got Volunteered -
After ruling her home planet of Charn as a cruel and capricious tyrant with a 0% Approval Rating and on the eve of defeat by her own subjects, Jadis out of pure spite uttered the Deplorable Word, resulting in the instant death of every living thing in that universe except herself.
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