Cruel and Mad

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Cruel

Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
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Mad and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mad" instead an adjective "Cruel".
Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Mad

Mad adjective - Feeling or showing anger.
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Cruel and mad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Mad".
Nearby Words: madness, madly

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  • Caligula - not surprising, given the title character was so mad and cruel he became an archetype - has a few, such as a man being stabbed in the stomach after being forced to drink much wine.
    Source: Cruel And Unusual Death / Live-Action Films
  • Speculated reasons for this include the universe trying to understand itself, a punishment levied by mad or cruel gods, or a kind of self-imposed challenge.
    Source: Pieces of God
  • Mad Pierrot from Cowboy Bebop has regressed to having a child's mind from sadistic experiments, and as Jet puts it, there's nothing as purely cruel as a child.
    Source: Kids Are Cruel / Anime and Manga
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