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# cruel — English to Ukrainian

How English *cruel* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

What it means: [cruel in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cruel/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: cruel (49). By style: everyday 32 · biblical 17.

## жорстокий

Used about 35 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 7). Forms: жорстока, жорстокий, жорстоким, жорстокими, жорстокою, жорстокі.

- Children can be **cruel**.
  Діти можуть бути **жорстокими**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7575304](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7575304) [\#7576310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7576310))

- Wrath is **cruel**, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
  **Жорстокий** гнїв, палка і лютість, та проти ревностї хто встояти зможе?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 27:4)

- Don't be **cruel** to animals.
  Не будь **жорстоким** до тварин.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#280217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/280217) [\#5713971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713971))

- The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is **cruel** troubles his own flesh.
  Милосердний чоловік чинить добро душі своїй, а **жорстокий** замучує тїло своє.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 11:17)

- Don't be **cruel** to animals.
  Не будьте **жорстокими** до тварин.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#280217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/280217) [\#5713969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713969))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tom says Danish pronunciation is a **cruel** joke played on learners.
  Том каже, що данська вимова — це знущання з тих, хто вчить мову.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#13425214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13425214) [\#13425215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13425215))

- Animal experimentation is **cruel**.
  Експерименти над тваринами — це жорстокість.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5953509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5953509) [\#6290303](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6290303))

- She appears to me to be **cruel**.
  Вона здається мені безжальною.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rozmaita · checked, community translation · [\#314174](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/314174) [\#496783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/496783))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

## About these examples

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