Cruel and Envious

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Cruel adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Usage example: the bully was fond of making cruel little jabs at his victim's sore points

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Envious adjective - Having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages.

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Cruel and envious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Envious".

Nearby Words: envy, enviable, enviously, envied, enviably

I will meet the cruel and the cowardly today, liars and the envious, the uncaring and unknowing: they will be all around.

Source: Badass Creed / Literature
Only the mob is filthy, stupid, petty, envious, and cruel.

Source: Film / The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934

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