Cruel and Gross

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

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Gross and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gross" instead the word "Cruel" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Gross adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.

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Cruel and gross are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead the word "Gross" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: grossed, grossly, grossing

To children in the audience, Scabior is frightening because he's feral-looking, gross, cruel, and hunting down the main trio.

Source: Adult Fear / Literature
Cruel and Unusual Death: Captain Amazing's death by psycho-defraculation is gross and horrifying.

Source: Film / Mystery Men
Some authors push it too far, however, and make him seem genuinely evil and often with a gross obsession with Romano, often portraying him as cruel and abusive so Spain can swoop in to save Romano and show how pure and caring he is by contrast.

Source: Ron The Death Eater / Axis Powers Hetalia

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