Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. / Harsh; severe. / (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.

(nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) / (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.

Alternative form of crewel

The state of being cruel; cruelty

Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

plural of cruelness

To act cruelly in order to achieve a positive outcome in the future.

The quality of being cruel-hearted; lack of compassion and kindness.

In a cruel-hearted manner; coldly and cruelly.