crueladj.

/ˈkruːəl/

/kruːl/

Forms: Middle English–1600s cruell, Middle English cruelle, krewelle, Middle English crewel(l, cruwel(l, Middle English cruail, crowell, 1500s creuell, Middle English– cruel.

Etymology: < French cruel (in 10th cent. crudel = Provençal cruzel , cruel , Spanish cruel , Italian crudele ) < Latin crūdēl-em , morally rough, cruel, from same root as crūdus crude n.: compare fīdēlis.

a. Of persons (also transferred and figurative of things): Disposed to inflict suffering; indifferent to or taking pleasure in another's pain or distress; destitute of kindness or compassion; merciless, pitiless, hard-hearted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adjective]

hard hearteOE

hateleOE

hard-heartedc1225

cruel1297

dure1412

flinty1536

heartless1556

flint-hearted1560

stone-hearted?1569

stony-hearted1569

iron-hearted1570

steel-hearted1571

unbowelled1592

blunt1594

flintful1596

flint-heart1596

brassy1600

unfeeling1600

cold-blooded1602

cold-hearteda1616

flinty-hearted1629

callous1647

unsympathizing1735

cool-hearted1748

pebble-hearted1816

unsympathetic1823

cold1849

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective]

wrothc893

retheeOE

hateleOE

grim971

hardOE

cruel1297

despitousc1374

savagea1393

fadea1400

hetera1400

keen?c1425

vengeablec1430

despiteful1488

unmanfula1500

despiteous?1510

cruent1524

felonish1530

Herodian1581

felly1583

savaged1583

Neronian1598

savagious1605

Dionysian1608

black-blooded1771

atrocious1772

Neroic1851

Neronic1864

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2650 Vor so cruel, ne so tirant Ich wene no man ne say.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 377 Ffor he that kyng or lord is naturel Hym oughte nat be tyraunt & crewel.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 27 He be-come so crewell to his peple that thei..a-roos a-geyn hym.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 390 Sir John Bushe, which was called a cruell ambicious, and couetous man.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 54 Because I would not see thy cruell nayles Pluck out his poore old eyes.

1637 J. Milton Comus 23 Why should you be so cruell to your selfe?

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 175. ⁋13 The meanest and cruelest of human beings.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 51 As cruel as a schoolboy ere he grows To Pity.

1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 175 The puniness of man in the centre of a cruel and frowning universe.

b. absol. = Cruel one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > person

wolfa900

cruelc1420

Turk1536

scourgemutton1581

savage1609

hell-kitea1616

c1420 Anturs of Arth. 612 Clenly þat crewelle couerde hym on highte.

a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. C.vj, in Whole Wks. (1587) This courteous cruell, and yet the cruellest courteous that euer was.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. ii. sig. C4^v Farewell then fairest cruell.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiii. 169 Canst thou, oh cruel, unconcern'd survey Thy lost Ulysses, on this signal day?

c. Of actions, etc.: Proceeding from or showing indifference to or pleasure in another's distress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > specifically of thing or action

cruela1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16762 + 135 Hou miȝt euer ani man More cruel ded see.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 198 The Scottes..slue the people and robbed them in most cruell wise.

1656 J. Hammond Leah & Rachel 6 The odiums and cruell slanders cast on those two famous Countries.

1733 in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 191 The cruelest revenge that one can possibly inflict.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 160 The Puritans had..given cruel provocation.

†2.

a. Of men, wild beasts, etc.: Fierce, savage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]

grimlyc893

wrothc893

reighOE

grima1000

grillc1175

witherc1175

grimfula1240

sturdy1297

wild1297

fiercea1300

man-keenc1300

stoutc1300

cruelc1330

fell?c1335

wicked1375

felonousc1386

felona1400

cursedc1400

runishc1400

keen?c1425

roid?c1425

wolvishc1430

ranishc1450

malicious1485

mankind1519

mannish1530

lionish1549

truculent?c1550

lion-like1556

tigerish?1573

tiger-like1587

truculental1593

Amazonian1595

tigerous1597

feral1604

fierceful1607

efferous1614

lionly1631

tigerly1633

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

blusterous1663

wolfish1674

boarisha1718

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

wolfy1828

savagerous1832

hawkish1841

tigery1859

attern1868

Hunnish1915

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 44 An armed knyght..Þat was S. Edmunde, cruelle als a leon.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2631 He sal be cruell, fers, and wrath.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 30 For drede of crowell wilde bestes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lvi. 4 I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 261 The passage unto this mountaine is very difficult, in regard of certaine cruell Arabians.

†b. Of actions, etc. (esp. of contests): Fierce.

ΚΠ

?a1400 Morte Arth. 4034 With krewelle contenance thane the kyng karpis theis wordes.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 108 Soo beganne the bataylle yet agen more cruell than it hadde be afore.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clx^v A ferce and cruell encounter.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §95 92 The fight was cruel, and the slaughter great.

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 197 Arlington had a Cruel dispute w^th Anglesey yesterday, & told him y^t he was a Knave.

†3. Severe, strict, rigorous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [adjective]

cruelc1230

straitc1430

closea1466

district1526

hard1577

obstrictc1600

strict1603

restricta1617

uninclining1794

tight1872

headmistressy1972

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 53 Þis is a cruel word. a grim word mid alle. þet ure lauerd seið.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 327 Þey were to cruel [L. nimis severi] and nouȝt compynable among hem self.

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 14 I haue pourit oute my creuell displesour vpon thaim.

a1659 F. Osborne Queries Ep. (1673) Ss v The crueller Culture of the School.

1670 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. An apprentice..to be received again.. and the Master to be not too cruel with him.

4. Of conditions, circumstances, etc.: Causing or characterized by great suffering; extremely painful or distressing; colloquial = severe, hard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adjective] > severe

heavya1000

tartc1000

unridec1175

unsoftc1275

uglya1300

smartc1300

sternc1300

cruelc1384

sharpc1386

shrewda1387

snella1400

painousa1450

painlyc1460

sensible1502

terrible1509

heinous?1541

severe1747

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 36 That cruelle lyfe un-softe Whiche these ilke lovers leden.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22428 Þaa cruel dais and þaa kene.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvi Sufferyng..intollerable tormentes..and moste cruell & bytter dethe.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. vi. 9 They hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruell bondage.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 4 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors We..had that day very cruel weather.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 26 Nov. (1948) I. 105 I have got a cruel cold, and staid within all this day.

1800 W. Wordsworth Hart-leap Well ii. xii O Master! it has been a cruel leap.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 545 A fate far more cruel than death befell his old rival.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. x. 510 But what is crueller upon me than all, is that you are ill.

5. as adv. Cruelly, distressingly; hence as a mere intensive = exceedingly, very. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

cruellyc1385

overa1400

fullc1400

parlouslyc1425

mortalc1440

perilousc1440

spitefulc1450

devilish1560

pestilently1567

spitefully1567

cruel1573

parlous1575

deadly1589

intolerable?1593

fellc1600

perditlya1632

excessively1634

devilishly1635

desperate1636

woundya1639

woundlya1644

desperately1653

wicked1663

killing1672

woundily1706

wounded1753

mortally1759

dreadful1762

intolerably1768

perishing1776

tremendously1776

terrifically1777

diabolically1792

woundedly1794

thundering1809

all-firedly1833

preponderously1835

painfully1839

deadlilya1843

severely1854

furiously1856

diabolish1858

fiendish1861

demonish1867

sinfully1869

fiendishly1879

thunderingly1885

only too1889

nightmarishly1891

God almighty1906

Christ almighty1945

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 12 Uppon the cruellist could nihts.

1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. E2 Being to that swaine too cruell hard.

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 390 Vse mee crueller if that may be.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) vii. 290 The season being cruel hot.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Cruel, one of the numerous substitutes for very, exceedingly.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Cruel, very; [Krù·ee·ul gèod tu poo·ur voaks,] very good to poor folks.

Compounds

cruel-hearted, cruel-looking adjs.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 9 This cruell-hearted Curre.

1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 217 Thou cruel-natured Rome!

1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. ii. 29 Rather a cruel-looking hand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cruelv.

Brit.

/ˈkruː(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈkru(ə)l/, Australian English /ˈkruː(ə)l/

Etymology: < cruel adj.

Australian slang.

transitive. To spoil; to destroy all chance of success with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 46/3 The game's right enough so long as mugs don't try and play a hand. When they come in that cruels the whole show.

1967 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 May 1 He asked yesterday if the purpose of the debate was to ‘cruel’ his object.

1967 I. Hamilton Man with Brown Paper Face iii. 41 I've got a good job and I don't want to cruel it while everything's going for me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cruel
释义	† crueln. Etymology: < cruel adj. Obsolete. rare. Cruelty. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun] crueltyc1230 unfeelingness1398 cruelnessa1400 callum?1440 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 hard-heartedness1577 callosity1614 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 callus1683 heartlessness1701 cold-heartedness1850 unsympathy1856 cold-bloodedness1878 inhumanism1907 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] rethenesseOE crueltyc1230 cruelnessa1400 savagenessa1400 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 savagec1487 savagerya1616 reluctationa1625 fellness1678 heartlessness1891 c1440 Partonope 7188 God forbid that crewell or vengence In ony woman founde shulde be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). crueladj. /ˈkruːəl//kruːl/ Forms: Middle English–1600s cruell, Middle English cruelle, krewelle, Middle English crewel(l, cruwel(l, Middle English cruail, crowell, 1500s creuell, Middle English– cruel. Etymology: < French cruel (in 10th cent. crudel = Provençal cruzel , cruel , Spanish cruel , Italian crudele ) < Latin crūdēl-em , morally rough, cruel, from same root as crūdus crude n.: compare fīdēlis. 1. a. Of persons (also transferred and figurative of things): Disposed to inflict suffering; indifferent to or taking pleasure in another's pain or distress; destitute of kindness or compassion; merciless, pitiless, hard-hearted. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adjective] hard hearteOE hateleOE hard-heartedc1225 cruel1297 dure1412 flinty1536 heartless1556 flint-hearted1560 stone-hearted?1569 stony-hearted1569 iron-hearted1570 steel-hearted1571 unbowelled1592 blunt1594 flintful1596 flint-heart1596 brassy1600 unfeeling1600 cold-blooded1602 cold-hearteda1616 flinty-hearted1629 callous1647 unsympathizing1735 cool-hearted1748 pebble-hearted1816 unsympathetic1823 cold1849 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] wrothc893 retheeOE hateleOE grim971 hardOE cruel1297 despitousc1374 savagea1393 fadea1400 hetera1400 keen?c1425 vengeablec1430 despiteful1488 unmanfula1500 despiteous?1510 cruent1524 felonish1530 Herodian1581 felly1583 savaged1583 Neronian1598 savagious1605 Dionysian1608 black-blooded1771 atrocious1772 Neroic1851 Neronic1864 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2650 Vor so cruel, ne so tirant Ich wene no man ne say. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 377 Ffor he that kyng or lord is naturel Hym oughte nat be tyraunt & crewel. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 27 He be-come so crewell to his peple that thei..a-roos a-geyn hym. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 390 Sir John Bushe, which was called a cruell ambicious, and couetous man. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 54 Because I would not see thy cruell nayles Pluck out his poore old eyes. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 23 Why should you be so cruell to your selfe? 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 175. ⁋13 The meanest and cruelest of human beings. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 51 As cruel as a schoolboy ere he grows To Pity. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 175 The puniness of man in the centre of a cruel and frowning universe. b. absol. = Cruel one. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > person wolfa900 cruelc1420 Turk1536 scourgemutton1581 savage1609 hell-kitea1616 c1420 Anturs of Arth. 612 Clenly þat crewelle couerde hym on highte. a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. C.vj, in Whole Wks. (1587) This courteous cruell, and yet the cruellest courteous that euer was. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. ii. sig. C4^v Farewell then fairest cruell. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiii. 169 Canst thou, oh cruel, unconcern'd survey Thy lost Ulysses, on this signal day? c. Of actions, etc.: Proceeding from or showing indifference to or pleasure in another's distress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > specifically of thing or action cruela1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16762 + 135 Hou miȝt euer ani man More cruel ded see. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 198 The Scottes..slue the people and robbed them in most cruell wise. 1656 J. Hammond Leah & Rachel 6 The odiums and cruell slanders cast on those two famous Countries. 1733 in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 191 The cruelest revenge that one can possibly inflict. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 160 The Puritans had..given cruel provocation. †2. a. Of men, wild beasts, etc.: Fierce, savage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] grimlyc893 wrothc893 reighOE grima1000 grillc1175 witherc1175 grimfula1240 sturdy1297 wild1297 fiercea1300 man-keenc1300 stoutc1300 cruelc1330 fell?c1335 wicked1375 felonousc1386 felona1400 cursedc1400 runishc1400 keen?c1425 roid?c1425 wolvishc1430 ranishc1450 malicious1485 mankind1519 mannish1530 lionish1549 truculent?c1550 lion-like1556 tigerish?1573 tiger-like1587 truculental1593 Amazonian1595 tigerous1597 feral1604 fierceful1607 efferous1614 lionly1631 tigerly1633 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 blusterous1663 wolfish1674 boarisha1718 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 wolfy1828 savagerous1832 hawkish1841 tigery1859 attern1868 Hunnish1915 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 44 An armed knyght..Þat was S. Edmunde, cruelle als a leon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2631 He sal be cruell, fers, and wrath. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 30 For drede of crowell wilde bestes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lvi. 4 I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 261 The passage unto this mountaine is very difficult, in regard of certaine cruell Arabians. †b. Of actions, etc. (esp. of contests): Fierce. ΚΠ ?a1400 Morte Arth. 4034 With krewelle contenance thane the kyng karpis theis wordes. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 108 Soo beganne the bataylle yet agen more cruell than it hadde be afore. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clx^v A ferce and cruell encounter. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §95 92 The fight was cruel, and the slaughter great. 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 197 Arlington had a Cruel dispute w^th Anglesey yesterday, & told him y^t he was a Knave. †3. Severe, strict, rigorous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adjective] cruelc1230 straitc1430 closea1466 district1526 hard1577 obstrictc1600 strict1603 restricta1617 uninclining1794 tight1872 headmistressy1972 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 53 Þis is a cruel word. a grim word mid alle. þet ure lauerd seið. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 327 Þey were to cruel [L. nimis severi] and nouȝt compynable among hem self. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 14 I haue pourit oute my creuell displesour vpon thaim. a1659 F. Osborne Queries Ep. (1673) Ss v The crueller Culture of the School. 1670 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. An apprentice..to be received again.. and the Master to be not too cruel with him. 4. Of conditions, circumstances, etc.: Causing or characterized by great suffering; extremely painful or distressing; colloquial = severe, hard. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adjective] > severe heavya1000 tartc1000 unridec1175 unsoftc1275 uglya1300 smartc1300 sternc1300 cruelc1384 sharpc1386 shrewda1387 snella1400 painousa1450 painlyc1460 sensible1502 terrible1509 heinous?1541 severe1747 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 36 That cruelle lyfe un-softe Whiche these ilke lovers leden. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22428 Þaa cruel dais and þaa kene. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvi Sufferyng..intollerable tormentes..and moste cruell & bytter dethe. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. vi. 9 They hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruell bondage. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 4 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors We..had that day very cruel weather. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 26 Nov. (1948) I. 105 I have got a cruel cold, and staid within all this day. 1800 W. Wordsworth Hart-leap Well ii. xii O Master! it has been a cruel leap. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 545 A fate far more cruel than death befell his old rival. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. x. 510 But what is crueller upon me than all, is that you are ill. 5. as adv. Cruelly, distressingly; hence as a mere intensive = exceedingly, very. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 12 Uppon the cruellist could nihts. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. E2 Being to that swaine too cruell hard. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 390 Vse mee crueller if that may be. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) vii. 290 The season being cruel hot. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Cruel, one of the numerous substitutes for very, exceedingly. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Cruel, very; [Krù·ee·ul gèod tu poo·ur voaks,] very good to poor folks. Compounds cruel-hearted, cruel-looking adjs. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 9 This cruell-hearted Curre. View more context for this quotation 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 217 Thou cruel-natured Rome! 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. ii. 29 Rather a cruel-looking hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cruelv. Brit. /ˈkruː(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈkru(ə)l/, Australian English /ˈkruː(ə)l/ Etymology: < cruel adj. Australian slang. transitive. To spoil; to destroy all chance of success with. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 46/3 The game's right enough so long as mugs don't try and play a hand. When they come in that cruels the whole show. 1967 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 May 1 He asked yesterday if the purpose of the debate was to ‘cruel’ his object. 1967 I. Hamilton Man with Brown Paper Face iii. 41 I've got a good job and I don't want to cruel it while everything's going for me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > see also also refers to : crewelcrueln.² < n.c1440adj.c1230v.1934 see also
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† crueln.

crueladj.

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cruelv.

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