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Meanings of cruel in inglês

(Of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

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Very bad in degree or extent (e.g. of depression or damage).

Usage of cruel in inglês
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They are corrupt; they are base; they are cowardly; they are cruel.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
2
The cruel legal formalities were begun the first thing in the morning.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
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But he could be as cruel as the grave in other ways.
The Love Affairs of an Old Maid
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And They are cruel; cruelty is even in Their tread and expression.
On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
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And excessive fines have been imposed; and illegal and cruel punishments inflicted.
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Refer...
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This terrific force is conditioned in our cruel social and economic arrangement.
Anarchism and Other Essays
7
The Church has done many cruel things in the name of Christianity.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
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The case was prejudged; the trial, a cruel and an empty form.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 / A Maga...
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It blew upon them in cruel menace of conquest, in piercing inclemency.
The March of the White Guard
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In Britain the lions are securely chained, and the cruel giants disabled.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
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The cruel fate of Magdeburg excited the alarm of the Protestant princes.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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Another was brutally cruel to animals; another was the impersonation of laziness.
The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
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The most cruel tyrant the northern lands ever knew was Christian II.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 09 (of 15), Scandin...
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There be enough dead things in the cruel forest as it is.
Tarzan of the Apes
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No; but it was cruel to make you have to do it.
Mr. Hogarth's Will
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It is cruel to the animal, and decidedly dangerous to the hunter.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
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