transcription, транскрипция: [ kruəl ]
adj. & v. --adj. (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) 1 indifferent to or gratified by another's suffering. 2 causing pain or suffering, esp. deliberately. --v.tr. (cruelled, cruelling) Austral. sl. thwart, spoil. øøcruelly adv. cruelness n. [ME f. OF f. L crudelis, rel. to crudus (as CRUDE)]