Cruel and Faulty

Cruel

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Faulty

Faulty adjective - Having a fault.

Cruel and faulty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Faulty".

Both words in one sentence

  • One of the continuing points of crisis between Ian and Jeremy in A Cruel God Reigns is whether or not the car crash that killed their father and mother (step parents respectively) was caused by an error in Greg's driving, a faulty car attribute, or Jeremy's tampering.
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Faulty and Cruel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/faulty
Cruel & Faulty. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/faulty>.
Faulty or Cruel. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/faulty.
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