very mean in English:

Life is cruel.

That cruel soldier has been brought to justice.

He could not bear to think of his dog being sold to that cruel man.

The long cruel winter at last came to an end, giving place to a gentle warm spring.

Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.

In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.

Peer helpers made the teacher's job a lot easier, but established a cruel hierarchy among the students.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

an activity that is cruel causes unnecessary suffering to people or animals. If people are cruel, they deliberately cause suffering to other people or animals

cruel events or situations make people suffer in a way that seems

He'd been cruel to turn away from her for even a moment.

Soon after the end of World War 1, people never thought such a hateful and cruel war would break out again.

Tom is very stingy.

Take back what you said about me being stingy.

Despite all his wealth, he is stingy.

He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant.

Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.

Katherine is a stingy woman. She's always trying to get discounts at the store and avoid spending money.

Accordingly as people become rich, they are apt to be stingy.

My wonderful wife is so stingy that ... "You boasting? Or complaining?"

he's so stingy that he always makes reverse charge calls

“his employer is stingy and idle”

A stingy person is someone who isn't generous with their money

I could be very generous... or very stingy. I can make you a legend!

He's really stingy and never buys anyone a drink when we go out.

The returns revealed the Bidens to be stingy when it came to charity, givingan average of $369 a year for the last decade.