Cruel and Shocking

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.

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Cruel and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Shocking".

Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

Although it is a series where Anyone Can Die, the especially vivid and cruel twist of fate where Petra Ral got crushed by the Female Titan in Attack on Titan was a rather shocking death for some.

Source: Viewers in Mourning
In Nyx's defense, their cruel prank DID cause her to discover a shocking hint of her true origins.

Source: Fanfic / Past Sins
The final straw is when he learns his sword is just a cast-off piece of Tessaiga and that this technique was meant for Inuyasha all along instead of him, a revelation so shocking that even Inuyasha's friends can't believe how cruel Sesshoumaru's father has been.

Source: Stoic Woobie

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