Cruel and Tortured

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Tortured adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.

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Cruel and tortured are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Tortured".

Nearby Words: torture, torturous, torturing, torturer

And there were numerous other stories about other incredibly cruel - yet creative - ways he tortured people to death.

Source: Cruel And Unusual Death / Real Life
Cruel and Unusual Death: Gaia is decapitated, despite surrendering, and already having been tortured along the way Cycle of Revenge: One of the things keeping the war going.

Source: Webcomic / Draconia Chronicles
His misanthropic, cruel personality hides a mind tortured by loss, insecurity about sexuality, and fears about his art.

Source: Film / Mr Turner

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