† cruentadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Bloody; figurative cruel.
ΘΚΠ
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
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood
redOE
bloodyOE
drearyOE
weta1300
bloodedc1300
bleedingc1305
forbled1387
gory?a1500
cruent1524
purpled1561
brued1563
beweltered1565
bloodied1566
beblubbered1582
purple1590
bloodstained1594
ensanguined1628
blood-bedabbled1629
cruentous1648
cruentate1661
begored1683
sanguined1700
bluggy1876
1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 350 With a cruent and blody hand.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Civ v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens [An] vlcere..that is cruent and full of blode.
1657 Physical Dict. Cruent, bloody.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adverb]
grimc893
sternlyc897
bremeOE
bitterlyc1000
etelichec1175
heterlya1225
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
cruentlyc1380
beastlyc1390
unmanlyc1454
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
inhumanly1490
unkindfully?1534
boarishlya1563
savagely1563
tiger-like1576
unhumanly1586
inhumanlike1595
inhumanely1598
immanely1612
savagiously1625
wolvishly1628
beastlilya1631
brutisha1645
truculently1654
tigerously1698
brutally1749
tigerishly1878
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adverb]
heterlya1225
cruellya1340
despitouslyc1374
cruentlyc1380
harageouslyc1450
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
beastly?1518
butcherly?1560
savagely1563
bitterly1611
despitely1619
savagiously1625
c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif 120 What is it þenne þat shal encreese cruentlier in þise tourmentis?
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