Cruel and Wrong

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

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

Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

Wrong adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Usage example: was caught doing something wrong

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Cruel and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Wrong".

Team Plasma from Pokémon Black and White spend every chance they get pointing out that the game world is based on what amounts to dog fighting, and that it is cruel and wrong.

Source: Lampshade Hanging / Video Games
Despite having no qualms about brutally killing someone that looks at him wrong (did I mention he is a "good guy"), he always sees it more cruel to take someone in alive rather than dead.

Source: Cruel Mercy
Season 1 Zuko actually was like this, not so much out of an understanding of honor that stated he had to obey even if his father was evil and wrong, as from conditioning against believing that it was possible for his father to be wrong, no matter how cruel he might be.

Source: My Master, Right or Wrong

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