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Cruel \Cru"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), n.
See {Crewel}.
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Cruel \Cru"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis,
fr. crudus. See {Crude}.]
1. 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.
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Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . .
they are cruel and have no mercy. --Jer. vi.
22,23.
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2. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.
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Cruel wars, wasting the earth. --Milton.
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their
wrath for it was cruel. --Gen. xlix.
7.
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3. Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.
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You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength.
--Shak.
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