cruel

Synonyms

catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vicious, virulent;

Antonyms

benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious;

Near Antonyms

compassionate, good, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted;

affable, agreeable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, gracious, nice, pleasant;

affectionate, amorous, sweet, tender, tenderhearted;

humane;

altruistic, high-minded, humanitarian, magnanimous, noble, philanthropic (also philanthropical);

Related Words

devious, scoundrelly, scurvy, snakelike;

acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful, vindictive, vitriolic;

contemptuous, deprecating, derogatory, disdainful, disparaging, mean-spirited, obnoxious, opprobrious, scornful, snide, snotty, unkind, unkindly, unloving;

baleful, baneful, evil;

harsh, hostile, inimical;

acrid, caustic, poisonous, scathing, venomous;