cruel
adjective
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
crueler
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comparativeof cruel.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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But they’re also crueler, and you can understand why she’ll think and write about anything but.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
I recognize, of course, that life isn’t fair and that many families are grappling with circumstances far crueler than ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
He basically just says it in a way that’s even crueler and more callous than what Barrett says.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025
For a very long time, the god of pleasure who had so appealed to me as a young child was replaced with a crueler god, The Pursuit of Thinness.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
“I wasn’t mean, just...honest. Wouldn’t it be crueler to make him think there was some hope that I’d come around and just embrace all of this?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
