Cruel and Wretched

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Cruel adjective - Difficult to endure.

Usage example: the cruel climate of the Arctic

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Wretched adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.

Usage example: his wretched treatment of women earned him a bad reputation

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Cruel and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Wretched".

Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly

Planescape gave us a few, including Alhison Nilesia, the cruel mistress of the wretched Prison of Sigil, Lothar the Master of Bones, Komosahl Trevant, Alluvius Ruskin, and even a few demons and devils that had taken up wizardry, such as A'kin and Shemeshka.

Source: Evil Sorcerer aka: Evil Sorceress
And wretched and damned and cold and cruel!

Source: List Song

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