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1. cruel, unkind -- (lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy).
2. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks").
3. brutal, cruel -- ((of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war").
4. brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind -- (used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters").

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