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Yes, it's possible to be kind while setting boundaries or addressing harmful behaviors. Kindness doesn't mean tolerating cruelty; it can involve being assertive and standing up against unkind actions in a respectful way. Balancing kindness with firmness allows for compassionate interactions while still promoting respect and understanding. Ultimately, kindness can coexist with the need to confront negativity in a constructive manner.
The duration of Cruel But Necessary is 1.53 hours.
because he was cruel in real life
Cruel Intentions was released on 03/05/1999.
Metaphor
Unkind, or cruel. A lack of kindness can also be apathy or indifference.
Alexander the great used kindness and terror to conquer because he was lenient if people surrendered, but viciously cruel if they did not.
Oxymoron is the word you are looking for.Example:'He looked at her with cruel kindness'.The expression 'cruel kindness' is an oxymoronbringing out a self-contradictory effect in the sentence.
No, an oxymoron is a self contradictory statement, such as 'cruel kindness'
The opposite of 'cruel' is 'kind'. People say 'you have to be cruel to be kind', using a common paradox. Cruelty is being unpleasant and hurtful to a person, for no apparent reason. Kindness is being pleasant and helpful to a person, for no apparent reason. Therefore the opposite of cruelty is kindness.
give example of oxymoron using cruel to be kind
All metaphors are figurative (cannot be interpreted literally). If you say 'Mary is a block of ice', you take it as meaning 'Mary is an unemotional, perhaps cruel, person'. So metaphor is a figure of speech where words (here, 'block of ice') have figurative meaning, that is mean something different than they literally say.
"Jolly cruel" is an oxymoron, a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. "Jolly" typically means cheerful or happy, while "cruel" implies a lack of empathy or kindness. When used together, "jolly cruel" could suggest a situation or behavior that is unexpectedly harsh or unkind despite outward appearances of cheerfulness.
brutality, ruthlessness, depravity, inhumanity, barbaity, callousness, spitefulness, mercilessness
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