Definitions
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Word origin
From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.
Used in a sentence
“The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.”
“We're certainly having quite a cruel winter this year.”
“You may be sure they watched the cliffs on their left eagerly for any sign of a break or any place where they could climb them; but those cliffs remained cruel.”
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