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1 ♦ cruel
♦ cruel /ˈkrʊəl/a.1 crudele: a cruel tyrant, un tiranno crudele; a cruel joke, uno scherzo crudele; to be cruel to sb., essere crudele con (o verso) q.2 crudele; doloroso; tormentoso; duro: a cruel death, una morte crudele; a cruel disappointment, una crudele delusione; a cruel blow, un duro colpo; a cruel winter, un inverno rigidissimo● cruel-hearted, spietatocruelly avv. -
2 cruel
['krʊəl]aggettivo [person, fate, joke] crudele (to con, nei confronti di); [winter, climate] rigido, gelido••you have to be cruel to be kind — prov. = se si vuole bene è necessario saper castigare
* * *['kru:əl]1) (pleased at causing pain; merciless: He was cruel to his dog.) crudele2) (causing distress: a cruel disappointment.) crudele•- cruelly- cruelty* * *['krʊəl]aggettivo [person, fate, joke] crudele (to con, nei confronti di); [winter, climate] rigido, gelido••you have to be cruel to be kind — prov. = se si vuole bene è necessario saper castigare
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bafflement — Synonyms and related words: baffle, balk, balking, betrayed hope, bewilderment, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, buffet, check, checkmate, comedown, confounding, confoundment, confusion, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope,… … Moby Thesaurus
balk — Synonyms and related words: baffle, bafflement, balk at, balking, be unwilling, beam, beat, begrudge, betrayed hope, bevue, bilk, blast, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, boggle, brave, buffet, cast down, challenge, check, checkmate,… … Moby Thesaurus
blow — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, Lucullan feast, accident, accomplished fact, accomplishment, ache, achievement, aching, act, acta, action, adventure, amplify, anthesis, astonishment, bafflement, bagpipe, balk, bang, banquet, bash,… … Moby Thesaurus
buffet — Synonyms and related words: abuse, agonize, ambo, antagonize, automat, bafflement, balk, bang, bar, bash, baste, bastinado, batter, battle, beanery, beat, beat against, beat up against, belabor, belt, bench, betrayed hope, birch, bistro, blasted… … Moby Thesaurus
comedown — Synonyms and related words: abasement, anticlimax, backset, bafflement, balk, bathos, belittling, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, breakdown, buffet, cascade, cataract, check, chute, collapse, contempt, crash, cropper,… … Moby Thesaurus
dash — Synonyms and related words: Le Mans, abruptly, aggressiveness, air race, animation, ardor, asperge, automobile race, baffle, bafflement, balk, band, bang, bar, bash, bat, be poised, beat, beat down, beating, bedew, belt, bespatter, besprinkle,… … Moby Thesaurus
dashed hope — Synonyms and related words: bafflement, balk, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, buffet, comedown, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hopes, defeat, disappointment, discomfiture, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, failure,… … Moby Thesaurus
defeat — Synonyms and related words: KO, Waterloo, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, baffle, bafflement, balk, balking, bankruptcy, bar, bear down, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat down, beat hollow, beating, best, betrayed hope, bilk,… … Moby Thesaurus
discomfiture — Synonyms and related words: abashment, agitation, bafflement, balk, balking, beating, befuddlement, betrayed hope, bewilderment, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, botheration, buffet, chagrin, chaos, check, checkmate, cloud,… … Moby Thesaurus
disillusionment — Synonyms and related words: bafflement, balk, ban, betrayed hope, blackball, blackballing, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, buffet, comedown, complaint, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, defeat, dim view, disagreement,… … Moby Thesaurus
dissatisfaction — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, aggravation, agreement to disagree, alienation, angst, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apostasy, aversion, bad books, bafflement, balk, ban, betrayed hope, blackball, blackballing, blasted expectation,… … Moby Thesaurus