Cruel and Rank

Cruel

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Rank

Rank adjective - Growing thickly and vigorously.

Cruel and rank are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Rank".

Nearby Words: ranking, ranked, ranker

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • In The Gamer's Alliance, the four demonic Dreadlords/ladies of Yamato hold the rank of count/countess, and they are very cruel and ambitious while serving their masters' needs.
  • Nearly everyone of noble rank is cruel or a self-centered asshat, or both.
  • Literature / Night Watch The novels show that a lot of minor Dark Others aren't evil — the above-mentioned werewolf, and earlier, the dark ones Maxim killed, and such, but it also shows that the rank-and-file ones in the Day Watch are happy to engage in cruel acts of child murder, or rape.
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