Cruel
Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Indifferent and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Indifferent" instead an adjective "Cruel".
Indifferent
Indifferent adjective - Having or showing a lack of interest or concern.
Cruel and indifferent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Indifferent".
Nearby Words: indifference, indifferently
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Subverted in The Last Days of FOXHOUND, where The Sorrow shows the amnesiac Liquid his past in order to to show him how, violent, cruel and indifferent to humanity he was.
Source: I Hate Past Me -
Guards show no sympathy and are cruel and indifferent to an absurd degree, not caring about the absurd suicide rates inside the prison.
Source: Video Game / Prison Architect -
Wham Episode: It's implied that the key formative event in the Man in Room Five's transformation into V isn't the experiments upon him, or the cruel and indifferent treatment he received from the prison camp's staff.
Source: Comic Book / V for Vendetta
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