cruel+kindness

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• Cruel — Cru el (kr[udd] [e^]l), a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See {Crude}.] 1. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard hearted;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage vicious — inhumane in hu*mane ([i^]n h[=u]*m[=a]n ), adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brutal cruel — inhumane in hu*mane ([i^]n h[=u]*m[=a]n ), adj. not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• Oxymoron — Ox y*mo ron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, fr. ??? pointedly foolish; oxy s sharp + mwro s foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oxymoron — noun (plural oxymora) Etymology: Late Greek oxymōron, from neuter of oxymōros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mōros foolish Date: 1657 a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly something (as …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oxymoron — oxymoronic /ok see meuh ron ik/, adj. /ok si mawr on, mohr /, n., pl. oxymora / mawr euh, mohr euh/. Rhet. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self contradictory effect, as in cruel kindness or to make haste… …   Universalium

• oxymoron — ox|y|mo|ron [ˌɔksiˈmo:rɔn US ˌa:ksiˈmo:ra:n] n technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Greek; Origin: oxys sharp + moros stupid ] a deliberate combination of two words that seem to mean the opposite of each other, such as cruel kindness …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• oxymoron — noun (C) technical a deliberate combination of two words that seem to mean the opposite of each other, such as cruel kindness …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• oxymoron — ox•y•mo•ron [[t]ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ɒn, ˈmoʊr [/t]] n. pl. mo•ra [[t] ˈmɔr ə, ˈmoʊr ə[/t]] rht a figure of speech that uses seeming contradictions, as “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” • Etymology: 1650–60; < LGk oxýmōron, neut. of Gk… …   From formal English to slang

• oxymoron — /ɒksiˈmɔrɒn / (say oksee mawron) noun (plural oxymorons or oxymora /ɒksiˈmɔrə/ (say oksee mawruh)) a figure of speech by which a locution produces an effect by a seeming self contradiction, as in cruel kindness or to make haste slowly. {New Latin …