c 3 r 1 u 1 e 1 l 1
5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
originFrom Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.
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