Cruel
Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Intolerant and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intolerant" instead an adjective "Cruel".
Intolerant
Intolerant adjective - Unable or unwilling to endure.
Cruel and intolerant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Intolerant".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Hypocrite: Anti-American insurgents and terrorists in general will claim to be liberating the people of their country, while killing them by the hundreds and backing extremely intolerant or cruel demagogues.
Source: The War on Terror - Muslims in Caliphate are all depicted as cruel, violent, misogynistic, perverted, and religiously intolerant.
Source: Religious Stereotype -
In The Little Mermaid, Triton is the intolerant Jerkass telling Ariel how cruel and evil humans are, and Ariel's idealistic views all turn out to be right.
Source: Strawman Has a Point
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Intolerant and Cruel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/intolerant
Cruel & Intolerant. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/intolerant>.
Intolerant or Cruel. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/intolerant.
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