crueller

What Word Is Cruel? adjective, cru·el·er, cru·el·est. willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others. enjoying the pain or distress of others: the cruel spectators of the gladiatorial contests. causing or marked by great pain or distress: a cruel remark; a cruel affliction. rigid; stern; strict; unrelentingly severe. Is cruel an adverb? cruelly adverb