Synonyms and antonyms of People who are cruel and unkind in American Thesaurus

monster (noun)

someone who is very cruel

savage (noun)

someone who is cruel and violent

beast (noun)

mainly journalism a cruel or immoral person, especially one who behaves in a violent or sexual way

ogre (noun)

a cruel and frightening person

sadist (noun)

someone who gets pleasure from hurting or being cruel to someone else

brute (noun)

a strong man who acts in a cruel or violent way

psycho (noun)

informal someone who often behaves in a frightening and violent way

animal (noun)

informal someone who behaves in a very violent, cruel, or rude way

cyberbully (noun)

somebody who uses the internet or a cell phone to send messages or images to another person that are intended to frighten or upset them

psychopath (noun)

informal someone who is often angry and aggressive and does not care if they hurt other people

someone is a piece of work ()

used to say that someone is unusually unpleasant or behaves unusually badly

a wolf in sheep’s clothing ()

someone who seems friendly but is in fact unpleasant or cruel

barbarian (noun)

someone who is cruel or violent

bitch (noun)

offensive an insulting word for someone, especially a woman, who is rude or cruel

blackguard (noun)

old-fashioned an immoral man who treats other people very badly

bully (noun)

someone who frightens or hurts another person, especially over a period of time

bully (noun)

someone who uses their influence or status to threaten or frighten someone else in order to get what they want

despot (noun)

someone who has a lot of power and uses it in a cruel and unreasonable way

Genghis Khan (noun)

humorous someone who has very right-wing political opinions or forces other people to do what they want

roughneck (noun)

informal someone who behaves in a rude or threatening way

shit (noun)

offensive an unpleasant or unkind person

swine (noun)

informal an extremely unpleasant or cruel man

tease (noun)

someone who says something to you in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying you slightly in either a friendly or an unkind way

teaser (noun)

a tease

tyrant (noun)

someone in a position of power who behaves in a cruel and unfair way

the Wicked Witch of the West (noun)

humorous a very unpleasant or cruel woman

zealot (noun)

formal someone who believes they are right to do whatever will help their political or religious ideas to succeed, even if it is cruel or unfair