Cruel and Poor

Cruel

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

Cruel and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • She kills many of her victims in brutal and unnecessarily cruel ways, including spinning one poor soul by his grappling hook wires until his body folds in half backwards.
  • Literature / Oliver Twist Oliver Twist is born an orphan and raised to a young age in a cruel workhouse that exploits the poor.
  • Anime / 91 Days Karmic Death: Don Orco was a cruel Don who hired Fango and was willing to kill people for making poor Lasagna.
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