Clues for the word "CRUEL"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 166 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on February 15, 2026.
Definition of cruel
- n. - See Crewel.
- a. - Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.
- a. - Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.
- a. - Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.
Referring Clues
- Diabolical
- Unusual partner?
- Barbaric
- Nasty and then some
- Truculent
- Hard-hearted
- Merciless
- Vicious
- Unkind
- Eighth Amendment word
- Cold-blooded
- Harsh
- Mean
- Inhumane
- "___ Shoes" (Steve Martin book)
- Draconian
- Like Cinderella's stepmother
- Sadistic
- More than mean
- Brutal
- Nasty
- Unusual companion?
- Unusual partner
- Barbarous
- Ruthless
- Like Caligula
- Inhumane
- Despotic
- Mean, and then some
- Like Cinderella's stepsisters
- Steve Martin's "___ Shoes"
- Very unkind
- Not very nice
- Very mean
- A bit worse than 44-Across
- Ironhearted
- Monstrous
- Savage
- Not at all kind-hearted
- Beastly
- Pitiless
- Like a Grand Inquisitor
- Twisting the knife, say
- Mean, mean, mean
- Meaner than mean
- Like Vlad the Impaler
- Quite heartless
- Heartless
- Unrelenting
- Deliberately hurtful
- Bananarama's "Summer"
- Ulcer (anag)
- Inhuman
- Hard workhouse fare, cold, not good
- Burst ulcer causing suffering
- Painful ulcer needs treatment
- Putting herb in chlorine is unkind
- Like Simon Legree
- Maliciously causing pain
- Like Dickens's Mr. Murdstone
- Callous
- Capable of atrocities
- Unrelentingly severe
- Eighth Amendment adjective
- Unusual companion?
- Unusual partner?
- Like April, per Eliot
- Not nice at all
- More than unkind
- Unacceptable, as punishment
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - February 15, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 14, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 19, 2025
- New York Times - April 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 13, 2025
- LA Times - January 21, 2025
- Daily American - December 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 02, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 03, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 21, 2024
- USA Today - June 06, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 18, 2023
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