Cruel and Sinister

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Sinister adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.

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Cruel and sinister are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Sinister".

From a spectator point of view, however, Flatlander society in the indie film is shown to be rather cruel and sinister.

Source: Literature / Flatland
This works beautifully on the monsters and seems sinister and cruel—that is, until a child NPC's illustration shows us exactly what it entails...◊

Source: Maximum Fun Chamber
He's much more sympathetic here than in the film, and while he's still very cruel and sinister, he's genuinely fatherly to Quasimodo.

Source: Disney / The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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