Cruel and Dirty

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Dirty adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.

Usage example: accused the other campaign of playing dirty tricks

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Cruel and dirty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Dirty".

Nearby Words: dirt, dirtiness, dirtying, dirtily

Cynicism has conditioned this character to accept the fact that Humans Are the Real Monsters, and if he wants to get anywhere in life, he has to be every bit as dirty and cruel as they are.

Source: Then Let Me Be Evil
Musashi finds out later that there's an evil organization which uses dirty and cruel tricks in fishing, and ends up having to duel with its members in order to stop them.

Source: Manga / Grander Musashi
His oldest son Raditz is similar, only openly more cruel and is a weak Dirty Coward.

Source: Like Father, Unlike Son

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