Cruel and Pitiful

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

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Cruel and pitiful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Pitiful".

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

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Pitiful and Cruel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/pitiful

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