CRUELLEST Antonyms

• having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• agreeable, conducive to comfort

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• mild and pleasant

• pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

• a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

• done with delicacy and skill

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

• exhibiting courtesy and politeness

• yielding readily to pressure or weight

• compassionate and kind; conciliatory

• (of sound) relatively low in volume

• produced with vibration of the vocal cords

• not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

• in a relaxed manner; or without hardship

• easily hurt

• (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value

• using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation

• tolerant or lenient

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having little impact

• out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

• willing to negotiate and compromise

• not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

• mild and pleasant

• not brilliant or glaring

• Sensitive or painful to the touch.

• Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

• Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

• (of food) Soft and easily chewed.

• Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

• Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.

• Young and inexperienced.

• Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

• Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.

• Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

• Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

• Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.

• showing or giving mercy

• (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious