Cruel and Morbid

Cruel

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

Morbid and cruel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Morbid" instead an adjective "Cruel".

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Morbid

Morbid adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.

Cruel and morbid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Morbid".

Nearby Words: morbidity, morbidly, morbidness

Both words in one sentence

  • Still, just the fact that he tried to do something so cruel and morbid makes him seem like one of the worst villains in the entire series.
  • Film / Calvary He's a jerkass nihilist with a morbid and cruel sense of humor.
  • Embryodead by the German electro-industrial project :wumpscut: is a concept album with a (surprise!) rather morbid concept; that it would be better to have died in the womb than to be born into this cruel, senseless world full of hate.
    Source: Concept Album
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