Summary
cruel {adjective}
schrecklich · grausam · unmenschlich · furchtbar · erbarmungslos · herzlos
English-German translation for "cruel"
"cruel" German translation
cruel {adjective}
cruel {adj.} (also: appalling, horrible, terrible, terribly)
It is wrong and cruel to regard poor immigrants as illegal workers without rights.
However, if we believe the cage system to be cruel we should ban it completely.
It's cruel to offer him a job knowing that he's going to fail."
These are the traps that the Canadian Government does not agree are cruel.
89 % of the British public believe keeping hens in small cages in cruel.
cruel {adj.} (also: barbarous, barbarously, inhuman, subhuman)
Expulsions and deportations from Member States are often cruel, inhumane and unjust.
The death penalty irrevocablyviolates the right to life and is inevitably cruel, inhumane and humiliating.
cruel {adj.} (also: merciless, pitiless)
It seems cruel that such a decision should be taken ten days before Christmas, given that this train was used greatly by migrants going...
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Usage examples
Usage examples for "cruel" in German
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