01 n. See Crewel.
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See Crewel. See: Crewel
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4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Cruel
02 a. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhum…
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Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.“Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are cruel and have no mercy.” — Jer. vi. 22,23.
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Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.“Cruel wars, wasting the earth.” — Milton.“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath for it was cruel.” — Gen. xlix. 7.
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Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.“You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength.” — Shak.