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Cruel

/ˈkruːəl/
Treating others with deliberate aggression, lack of care, or causing pain.

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Examples:

'This seems a cruel thing, after all.'

You may still be the cruel tyrant's friend.

What is Macbeth, the cruel tyrant, doing?

Etymology:

etymology
The word cruel comes from the Latin word crudelis meaning hard-hearted, and it entered Middle English through Old French.

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