Cruel and Raw

Cruel

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Raw

Raw adjective - Not cooked.

Cruel and raw are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Raw".

Nearby Word: rawness

Both words in one sentence

  • Artistic License – Biology: Jay and Neil find the idea of feeding a dolphin nothing but raw fish cruel.
  • The Kirk While his buddy Masao leaps to decisions driven by raw emotion, Kei Nanjo would rather do what is necessary regardless of how cruel it may appear.
    Source: The Kirk
  • Franchise / Dune aka: Hunters Sandworms Of Dune Cruel and Unusual Death: In one of the prequels, the Baron has his etiquette teacher drowned in raw sewage.
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Raw and Cruel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruel/raw
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