[
  {
    "word": "cruel",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0279u\u02d0(\u0259)l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0279u\u02d0(\u0259)l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/cruel-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75270169",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.",
            "synonyms": [
              "sadistic"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "merciful"
            ],
            "example": "The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Harsh; severe.",
            "synonyms": [
              "brutal"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Cool; awesome; neat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "brutal",
          "sadistic"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "merciful"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To a great degree; terribly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruel"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "cruel",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0279u\u02d0(\u0259)l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0279u\u02d0(\u0259)l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/cruel-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75270169",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crewel",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruel"
    ]
  }
]