"cruel" meaning in Middle English

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      "crual",
      "crual#Old_French"
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      "crūdēlis",
      "crudelis#Latin"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old French crual, from Latin crūdēlis.",
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      "form": "kruell",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruele",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruwel",
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    {
      "form": "crewel",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruell",
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      ]
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      "form": "cruwelle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crewelle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruelle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crowell",
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      ]
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      "expansion": "cruel",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "enm-adj"
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Merciless, cruel; revelling in another's pain."
      ],
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          "cruel",
          "cruel#English"
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        [
          "revelling",
          "revelling"
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      "glosses": [
        "Deleterious, injurious; conducive to suffering."
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        [
          "Deleterious",
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    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unbearable, saddening, terrifying."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Strict, unforgiving, mean; not nice."
      ],
      "id": "en-cruel-enm-adj-pi937psY",
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        [
          "unforgiving",
          "unforgiving"
        ],
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          "mean"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Savage, vicious, dangerous; displaying ferocity."
      ],
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        "Bold, valiant, heroic (in war)"
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        "Sharp, acrid, bitter-tasting."
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        "(rare) Sharp, acrid, bitter-tasting."
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kriu̯ˈɛːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯ɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯əl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cruel"
}

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      "word": "cruelheed"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruelly"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruelnesse"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruelte"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cruel"
    },
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      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "cruel"
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      "crual",
      "crual#Old_French"
    ],
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      "crūdēlis",
      "crudelis#Latin"
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      "expansion": "Latin crūdēlis",
      "name": "der"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French crual, from Latin crūdēlis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kruell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruele",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruwel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crewel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruwelle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crewelle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cruelle",
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    },
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      "form": "crowell",
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      ]
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      "expansion": "cruel",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Merciless, cruel; revelling in another's pain."
      ],
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          "cruel",
          "cruel#English"
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        [
          "revelling",
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      "glosses": [
        "Deleterious, injurious; conducive to suffering."
      ],
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        [
          "Deleterious",
          "deleterious"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unbearable, saddening, terrifying."
      ]
    },
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        "Strict, unforgiving, mean; not nice."
      ],
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        [
          "unforgiving",
          "unforgiving"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Savage, vicious, dangerous; displaying ferocity."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Bold, valiant, heroic (in war)"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sharp, acrid, bitter-tasting."
      ],
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        "(rare) Sharp, acrid, bitter-tasting."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kriu̯ˈɛːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯ɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkriu̯əl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cruel"
}