Name Conveying Ideas with Words and Phrases Finding the Exact Right Word There are 20 synonyms for cruel hidden in the box below. Each word has a slightly different meaning than cruel. Circle each word. Then match each word to its meaning. Two words are exact synonyms. Which two? #_________ and # _________. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Not civilized Not displaying human qualities Characterized by a willingness to kill Taking pleasure in the pain of others You would say this of a bad witch Profoundly immoral and bad Another word for devilish Characteristic of the devil Characteristic of a monster Causing moral revulsion Having no mercy Characterized by lack of feeling Will stop at nothing savagely cruel, brutal, primitive deliberately cruel or violent savagely cruel, brutal, primitive wicked and cruel capable of or intending to murder savagely violent characteristic of a brute CCSS.L.4.3.A |© www.EnglishWorksheetsLand.com