cruel
adjective / adverb / verb
Meaning
- adjectiveIntentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
Example:
The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
- adverbTo a great degree; terribly.
- verbTo spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #571 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 89% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None