Cruel vs. Devilish

Crueladjective

Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

‘The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.’;

Devilishadjective

Resembling a devil.

Crueladjective

Harsh; severe.

Devilishadjective

Characteristic of a devil.

‘a devilish grin’;

Crueladjective

(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.

Devilishadjective

(informal) Extreme, excessive.

‘A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.’;

Crueladverb

(nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.

Devilishadverb

(informal) Devilishly; very; exceedingly.

‘It was devilish hot outside today.’;

Cruelverb

To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

Devilishadjective

Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

‘This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.’;

Cruelverb

To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.

Devilishadjective

Extreme; excessive.

Cruelnoun

See Crewel.

Devilishadjective

showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;

‘devilish schemes’; ‘the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen’; ‘the diabolical expression on his face’; ‘a mephistophelian glint in his eye’;

Crueladjective

Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.

‘Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are cruel and have no mercy.’;

Devilishadjective

playful in an appealingly bold way;

‘a roguish grin’;

Crueladjective

Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.

‘Cruel wars, wasting the earth.’; ‘Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath for it was cruel.’;

Devilishadverb

in a playfully devilish manner;

‘the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever’;

Crueladjective

Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

‘You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength.’;

Devilish

Evil Master Devilish

Crueladjective

lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy

Crueladjective

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

‘a barbarous crime’; ‘brutal beatings’; ‘cruel tortures’; ‘Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks’; ‘a savage slap’; ‘vicious kicks’;

Crueladjective

(of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;

‘brutal instruments of torture’; ‘cruel weapons of war’;

Crueladjective

used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;

‘brutal weather’; ‘northern winters can be cruel’; ‘a cruel world’; ‘a harsh climate’; ‘a rigorous climate’; ‘unkind winters’;