Cruel
Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Horrendous and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Horrendous" instead an adjective "Cruel".
Horrendous
Horrendous adjective - Causing fear.
Cruel and horrendous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Horrendous".
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- Child spends a couple of hundred pages having the villain of the day do some truly horrendous things, so that only the most Cruel and Unusual Death will satisfy the reader.
Source: Literature / Jack Reacher
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