Cruel and Shameless

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Shameless adjective - Not sorry for having done wrong.

Usage example: a shameless exploiter of impoverished workers in overseas sweatshops

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Cruel and shameless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Shameless".

Nearby Words: shame, shameful, shamelessly, shamefully

Zeus is portrayed as a much nicer guy in the movie than his jerkass personality in the original myths, where he could be cruel and remorseless in his actions, was a shameless adulterer.

Source: Sadly Mythtaken / Hercules
White Hair, Black Heart: Old Wabble, who despite his age and his magnificent long silver hair is cruel, cynical, a shameless liar, a hypocrite, a thief, a racist and a killer.

Source: Literature / Winnetou
About half of the fortresses in Dwarf Fortress meet their demise due to some form of shameless, unabashed hubris on the part of the Cruel Player-Character God.

Source: Pride

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