Grammatical class

Adjective

cruel

cruel

Details

Syllables

cruel

Phonetics

kʁy.ɛl

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

3617

Freq. (movies)

2676

Freq. (news)

11367

Sentences

C'est cruel.

That's cruel.

A1

Tu es cruel.

You're cruel.

A1

Tom est cruel.

Tom is cruel.

A1

Cesse d'être cruel.

Stop being cruel.

A1

Tom était cruel.

Tom was cruel.

A2

C'est un type cruel.

He is a mean fellow.

A2

C'est cruel de se moquer d'un aveugle.

It is cruel to mock a blind man.

B1

Il est plus cruel de craindre la mort que de mourir.

It is more cruel to fear death than to die.

B1

Il n'est pas intentionnellement cruel. C'est juste sa nature.

He doesn't mean to be mean. It's just his nature.

B1

Je crois que celui-ci doit mourir pour que celui-là vive. C'est un monde cruel.

I think this one has to die for the other to live. It's a cruel world.

B1

Le sourire du monstre était cruel.

The monster's smile was cruel.

B2

Langue mielleuse, cœur cruel.

A sweet tongue, but a cruel heart.

C2