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   Cruel , n. See Crewel.
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   Cruel , a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.]
   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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   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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   Attended with cruelty; painful; harsh.
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   You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength.
   Shak.
   
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