cruel |
1. adj. That intentionally causes or revels 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. | |
2. adj. Harsh; severe. | |
3. adj. (slang) Cool; awesome; neat. | |
4. adv. (nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly. | |
5. v. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) | |
6. v. (Australia, ambitransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive. | |
7. n. alt form, crewel | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
savage |
1. adj. Wild; not cultivated. | |
a savage wilderness | |
2. adj. Barbaric; not civilized. | |
savage manners | |
3. adj. Fierce and ferocious. | |
savage beasts | |
a savage spirit | |
4. adj. Brutal, vicious or merciless. | |
He gave the dog a savage kick. | |
The woman was killed in a savage manner. | |
5. adj. (slang) Unpleasant or unfair. | |
- I'll see you in detention.- Ah, savage! | |
6. adj. (Ireland, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing. | |
Although it didn't look very good, it tasted absolutely savage. | |
7. adj. (heraldry) Nude; naked. | |
8. n. (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian. | |
9. n. (figuratively) A defiant person. | |
10. v. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. | |
11. v. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently. | |
His latest film was savaged by most reviewers. | |
12. v. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth. | |
13. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage. | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
humane |
1. adj. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. | |
It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals. | |
As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering. | |
2. adj. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric. | |