| 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 | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| 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. | |
