Adjective, : the cruel spectators of the gladiatorial contests. ,a cruel remark; a cruel affliction. From Dictionary.com.
If you're wondering what "cruelness" is, it's "cruelty" as mentioned by someone who only knows 12 English words. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains.] Reference
The cruelness comes from my own fear, my fear of them. From Wordnik.com. [ravenmaster Diary Entry] Reference
Our children never suffered cruelness from either race. From Wordnik.com. [Women’s Dilemmas in Black/White Relationships] Reference
Sir Tramtrist, and full well she knew the cruelness of her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
He appealed to people not to exploit the "cruelness of human nature.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Then I woke up and the cruelness of reality smashed in my skull again. From Wordnik.com. [mrbradley Diary Entry] Reference
It's the unusual cruelness to the victim and her family that is the problem here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2004] Reference
Please stop publishing these, they are obviously cruel and encourage similar cruelness. From Wordnik.com. [I dun eben no… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Yes, cruelness, crudeness, & tastelessness can be a property of both humor and humorless jokes. From Wordnik.com. ["There are no moral or immoral jokes. A joke is either funny or it is not. That is all."] Reference
Sometimes fate can be cruel and for eight years the cruelness has permeated every aspect of American society. From Wordnik.com. [Gore Returns to Florida, on Obama’s Behalf - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Arpaio's cruelness reaches epic proportions when detained pregnant woman are forced to give birth handcuffed to gurneys. From Wordnik.com. [Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues] Reference
At the time, I was devastated, I did not begin to comprehend how or why you could possibly hate me, I never did ~anything~ to deserve such cruelness. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
But this has felt entirely like a Saturday and yesterday like a Friday and then, oh cruelness, it isn't and tomorrow it's back to the office for another three days. From Wordnik.com. [July 2006] Reference
SUSANNAH CONSTANTINE, "WHAT NOT TO WEAR": We do get pretty mean, as we said, but our cruelness comes from a real passion and a real desire to make the best of these women. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2003] Reference
Thou slewest in one night for his fierce cruelness. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
Thou slewest, in one night, for his fierce cruelness. From Wordnik.com. ["Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays] Reference
She says it's the cruelness of the crime that bothers her. From Wordnik.com. [WKYT - Home - Headlines] Reference
Please don't be a part of her cruelness towards any of the victims. From Wordnik.com. [ADOPTION AND ITS TRIAD] Reference
Despite the cruelness of the situation and possibly spreading citywide fear. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
And true law is a burden to them, and had in despite, and cruelness much used. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Legend, vol. 6] Reference
To depict the cruelness of war, do not assert the fact abstractly -- "War is cruel.". From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Public Speaking] Reference
His eyes were bright but crafty, and his features denoted both sensuality and cruelness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Continent] Reference
John fell through the floor before he could come up with a word for the vague cruelness he felt from the device. From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
It was invented by Herodotus as a means of explaining the tyranny of Periander, his cruelness and monstrous manners. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
Along with a sense of great relief, I experienced hubris: I had wrestled the cruelness of nature and fate and came out on top. From Wordnik.com. [The Buie Knife] Reference
When we justify cruelness, spread rumors, mislead on purpose without caring of the consequences, we have become a nation of "me.". From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
I think I would have adopted if I thought my children 'might' suffer the cruelness of that disease, just as a lot of others wrote!. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton] Reference
In so many ways, it can end ordeals of Americans who have been trapped in a darkness, coldness and even cruelness not of their doing. From Wordnik.com. [ScrippsNews] Reference
I always thought this was a somewhat safer place to be-but nope-it's turned into nothing but filth, lies, cruelness, coldness, stalking and harassment. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Activity] Reference
For it turneth the soul out of cruelness into mildness, out of covetousness into largeness, out of pride into meekness, and out of dread into boldness. From Wordnik.com. [Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus] Reference
Said Kathy: "That's not a strategy; that's just cruelness. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains.] Reference
I know it’s hard to face life’s reality, the cruelness of nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”:] Reference
That is my lord, steereth with cruelness. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Should human creatures then be of cruelness?. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
That's cruelness. ". From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains.] Reference
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