Cruel and Earliest

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Earliest adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.

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Cruel and earliest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Earliest".

In the earliest strips, the other characters are in fact shockingly cruel to Charlie Brown.

Source: Informed Loner
Tintin himself was very cruel to animals and condescending to natives in his earliest adventures, in contrast to his more humane attitude in the rest of the series.

Source: Franchise / Tintin
Voldemort's "high, cold, cruel laugh" is one of Harry's earliest memories (immediately after the flash of green light that killed Lily).

Source: Evil Laugh

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