Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: wrede
- Amharic: መገለጫዎ
- Arabic: قاسية
- Azerbaijani: qəddar
- Bashkir: жестокий
- Belarusian: жорсткі
- Bulgarian: брутален
- Bengali: নিষ্ঠুর
- Bosnian: okrutno
- Catalan: cruel
- Cebuano: mapintas nga
- Czech: krutý
- Welsh: creulon
- Danish: grusom
- German: grausam
- Greek: σκληρή
- Esperanto: kruela
- Spanish: cruel
- Estonian: julm
- Basque: krudela
- Persian: بی رحمانه
- Finnish: julma
- French: cruel
- Irish: cruálach
- Scottish Gaelic: cruel
- Galician: cruel
- Gujarati: ક્રૂર
- Hebrew: אכזרי
- Hindi: क्रूर
- Croatian: okrutan
- Haitian: mechan
- Hungarian: kegyetlen
- Armenian: դաժան
- Indonesian: kejam
- Icelandic: grimm
- Italian: crudele
- Japanese: 残虐な
- Javanese: kejem
- Georgian: სასტიკი
- Kazakh: қатыгез
- Khmer: ឃោរឃៅ
- Kannada: ಕ್ರೂರ
- Korean: 잔인
- Kyrgyz: жестокий
- Latin: crudelis
- Luxembourgish: grausam
- Lao: ທີ່ໂຫ
- Lithuanian: žiaurus
- Latvian: nežēlīgi
- Malagasy: lozabe
- Mari: вӱрдымӧ
- Maori: nanakia
- Macedonian: сурово
- Malayalam: ക്രൂരന്
- Mongolian: хэрцгий
- Marathi: क्रूर
- Hill Mari: аяр
- Malay: kejam
- Maltese: krudili
- Burmese: ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်
- Nepali: क्रूर
- Dutch: wreed
- Norwegian: grusom
- Punjabi: ਜ਼ਾਲਮ
- Papiamento: kruel
- Polish: okrutny
- Portuguese: cruel
- Romanian: crud
- Russian: жестокий
- Sinhalese: කෲර
- Slovak: kruté
- Slovenian: kruta
- Albanian: mizore
- Serbian: окрутно
- Sundanese: kejem
- Swedish: grym
- Swahili: kikatili
- Tamil: கொடுமையான
- Telugu: క్రూరమైన
- Tajik: бепарҳез
- Thai: โหดร้าย
- Tagalog: malupit
- Turkish: zalim
- Tatar: жестокий
- Udmurt: туж секыт
- Ukrainian: жорстокий
- Urdu: ظالمانہ
- Uzbek: shafqatsiz
- Vietnamese: tàn nhẫn
- Xhosa: cruel
- Yiddish: גרויזאַם
- Chinese: 残忍的
Synonyms, close and similar words for cruel
- brutal
- atrocious
- hardhearted
- severe
- brutish
- harsh
- unkindest
- sadistic
- fiendish
- violent
- fierce
- ferocious
- truculent
- grim
- murderous
- bitter
- merciless
- unrelenting
- ruthless
- unmerciful
- heartless
- pitiless
- stiff
- tough
- rough
- oppressive
- excruciating
- agonizing
- painful
- burdensome
- vicious
- malign
- inhuman
- abusive
- inhumane
- hard
- rugged
- relentless
- remorseless
- barbarous
- barbaric
- terrible
- grievous
- evil
- brute
- savage
- malevolent
- malicious
- spiteful
- virulent
- torturous
- harrowing
- heavy
- mean
- bad
- nasty