adjective. Disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

adjective. Causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or distress.

Very; extremely.

Disposed to inflict suffering, physical or mental; indifferent to or taking pleasure in the pain or distress of any sentient being; willing or pleased to torment, vex, or afflict; destitute of pity, compassion, or kindness; hard-hearted; pitiless.

Proceeding from or exhibiting indifference to or pleasure in the suffering of others; causing pain, grief, or distress; performed or exerted in tormenting, vexing, or afflicting: as, a cruel act; a cruel disposition; the cruel treatment of animals.

Synonyms Barbarous, savage, ferocious, brutal, merciless, unmerciful, pitiless, unfeeling, fell, ruthless, truculent, bloodthirsty, inexorable, unrelenting.

noun. See crewel.

adjective. 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.

adjective. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.

adjective. Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

adjective. Not nice; mean; heartless.

adjective. Cool; awesome; neat.

verb. To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

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