ruthtesslyjadul All political opponents were ruthlessly executed.
sadist 'seidist/ (n C] someone who enjoys making people suffer: Andreas father was a real sadist. I'm not surprised that she hates him.
sadistic /'sadistik [ad/] someone who is sadistic enjoys hurting people or being cruel to them: He took a sadistic pleas ure in embarrassing her in front of her friends, i The head teacher was a violent qnd sadistic man.
Eicruel punishments/ behaviour
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cruel;'kruial/ [adj] intended to upset someone or make them suffer: Lyle was always playing cruel jokes on his little sister. I
The electric chair is possibly the cruelest
method of execution.
спи-! -- очк-чкт ~ cruellest '
? r.!' i - f rm-'U-т - criu'lpsf • ■
barbaric/ba:rb<erik [ad;'| extremely cruel, in a way that shocks people: the barbaric treatment of civilians in the concentration camps I To most people, the custom of stoning criminals to death seems absolutely barbaric.
cold-blooded/'koold bUd^d*/ [acfj only before noun] cold-blooded murder/ killing/attack a murder etc done without showing any feeling or pity for the person who is attacked: The country has been shocked by the cold blooded murder of the two girls.
cruelty kruialti/ [n U] cruel treatment or behaviour: Walters wife left him because of his cruelty.
+ to She has campaigned against cruelty to farm animals for the past 20 years.
abuse 3'bju:.s [n U] deliberately cruel treatment of someone, especially someone in your family that you are supposed to care for: a woman who had suffered abuse from her husband for many years child abuse (=cruel treatment of children) There has been an increase in the number of cases of child abuse. sexual abuse (=when someone forces another person to take part in sexual activities) a victim of sexual abuse
El to treat someone cruelly
be cruel to sb /bi: кш:э1 tu: (sb) Teachers at the school were often accused of being cruel to the children in their care.
abuse p bju:z [u Tj to treat someone in your family or someone that you are responsible for in a cruel way. especially violently or sexually: My father abused us for years. I Erica runs a hostel for women who have been abused by their husbands.
sexually abuse Morce someone to take part in sexual activities) He was accused of sexually abusing five children.
CRUEL
persecute/ p'3:rsikju:t/ [u T] to be cruel to a person or group of people over a long period because of their race or their religious or political beliefs: Countries all
over Europe have persecuted gypsies for
centuries.
be persecuted Jewish families were relentlessly persecuted. persecution / рз:rsi kju:pn/ [n U) They left the country to escape persecution.
bully /'boli, [и T] to be cruel to someone who is smaller, younger, or weaker than you - use this especially about children being cruel to other children: A group of girls would bully the younger kids, and force them to give them money, be bullied He killed himself after being bullied at school.
bullying - bullied - have bullied bullying In Uj when people are being bullied: a campaign to put an end to bullying in schools
CRY
m opposite laugh
^ see also sad, worrying/worried, shout
D to cry
cry /krai/ [u 11 if you cry, tears come from your eyes, for example because you are sad or upset, or because you have hurt yourself: I could hear the baby crying in the next room. I A little boy u;as crying because he'd fallen off his bike. I Don't cry. I'll be back soon. make sb cry The film was so sad, it made me cry.
cry and cry (=cry for a long time) / sat at home that night and cried and cried. cry your eyes out (=cry a lot because you are very upset) The poor kid's so miserable, he's upstairs crying his eyes out. cry with happtness/joy/relie/ She cried with joy when she heard that the children were safe.
crying - cried - have cvied
weep /wi:p/ [и I] to cry a lot because you feel sad: Caroline wept when she heard the news. I Weeping mourners followed the coffin into the churchyard. weep with emotion/grief/joy Ivan wept with emotion as he waved goodbye to his family.
CRY
weeping - wept - have
/!\ Use weep when you are writing stories and descriptions.
sob /sDb||sa:b/ [i1 II if you sob, you cry noisily and your body shakes, because you are very sad or because someone has upset you: The sound of her sobbing kept them awake all night. I "Please don't leave me," she sobbed.
sobbing - sobbed - have sobbed
/N Use sob when you are writing stories and descriptions.
in tears /in Wz/ crying because someone has upset you, or because a film, story etc is very sad: Frank ran out of the room in tears. I Most of us were in tears by the time he'd finished his story.
tear Д|эг/ [n С usually plural) a drop of water that comes from your eyes when you are crying: Grandpa wiped the tears from his eyes.