"cruel" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

cruel adjetivo

cruel + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 113
cruel punishment • cruel treatment • cruel man • cruel joke • cruel thing • cruel world • ...
verbo + cruel
Kolokacji: 5
sound cruel • consider cruel • look cruel • seem cruel • turn cruel
adverbio + cruel
Kolokacji: 20
most cruel • particularly cruel • especially cruel • extremely cruel • unnecessarily cruel • ...
(1) most, downright
Kolokacji: 2
1. most cruel = najokrutniejszy most cruel
2. downright cruel = wręcz okrutny downright cruel
  • To mention her decade - as in "la soixantaine bien sonnee" (she'll never see 60 again) -is downright cruel.
  • Some parents try very hard but simply do not have the capacity to give their children what they need, and some parents are downright cruel and violent.
  • I wouldn't give a fip for all your politics, generally, but I think this is something downright cruel and unchristian.
  • Downright cruel she was to her sometimes," she added, lowering her voice.
  • It was associated with a variety of mishaps, some just mischievous and others downright cruel.
  • Pals told Us that Humphries freeloaded off of his wife and could be downright cruel during their short-lived union.
  • She's so terrified that at the very mention of the word "police" - ' That's downright cruel,' Maggie interrupted severely.
  • It was harsh enough to labor in the fields all week, but to do so without the reward of popcorn and a movie was downright cruel.
  • "We are likely to be much harsher, in fact, often downright cruel, in our judgment of many of our subjects," she later adds.
  • Yet her household, instead of doing what they might to ease her last days, were not merely neglectful, but downright cruel.
(3) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) unnecessarily, needlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) incredibly, unbelievably
Kolokacji: 2
cruel + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
cruel to • cruel of • cruel in • cruel for

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