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cruellest Definition


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cruel
adj crueller, cruellest
    1. Deliberately and pitilessly causing pain or suffering.
      Thesaurus: ruthless, brutal, sadistic, ferocious, vicious, fierce, harsh, callous, bitter, malevolent, remorseless, psychopathic; Antonym: gentle, kind, humane.
    2. Painful; distressing.
      Example: a cruel blow
Derivative: cruelly
adverb
    Derivative: cruelty
    noun
      The quality of deliberately and pitilessly causing pain or suffering
        Thesaurus: barbarity, severity, depravity, savagery, inhumanity, tyranny, bestiality, sadism, spite, venom; Antonym: compassion, pity, mercy.
    Etymology: 13c: French, from Latin crudelis, from crudus raw.



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