Definition of cruel

• n. - See Crewel.
• a. - 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.
• a. - Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.
• a. - Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.