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Cruelest meaning
superlative form of cruel: most cruel
Using Cruelest
- The main meaning on this page is: superlative form of cruel: most cruel
- In the example corpus, cruelest often appears in combinations such as: the cruelest, cruelest of.
Context around Cruelest
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cruelest
- In this selection, "cruelest" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marvel, aspects and fates stand out and add context to how "cruelest" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the cruelest of blows and and the cruelest aspects of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cruelest" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cruelest
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Calling the cruelest among us names such as "animal" or any other "dehumanizing" epithet actually protects humans. (17 words)
There are so many cruel things that happen on Earth these days – one of the cruelest being what happens to animals. (22 words)
It’s a touching story about the futility of grudges, the impossibility of escaping one’s past, and the cruelest aspects of industrialization. (23 words)
Believed to be about Swift’s current boyfriend Joe Alwyn and how she met him during one of the cruelest summers of her life (cc: the aforementioned Kim Kardashian/Kanye West drama), the song’s chorus is enough to earn it a spot in anyone’s top 10. (48 words)
In the cruelest of ironies, the river mouth that emptied into the Gulf, whence Henry Nicholls was to set out in search of the Niger, was precisely the end of the Niger itself—only the Europeans did not know it yet. (41 words)
While the eponymous family has been through a lot across the show’s 34 seasons, it is the obscure supporting characters of that often suffer the show’s cruelest fates. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
Almost a decade later in-universe, one of the most powerful and cruelest Marvel villains is still honoring a bargain he made with a hero.
It’s a touching story about the futility of grudges, the impossibility of escaping one’s past, and the cruelest aspects of industrialization.
There is no real “Palestine”; Hamas targets civilians in the cruelest of ways; and Israel still does everything possible to avoid collateral damage.
While the eponymous family has been through a lot across the show’s 34 seasons, it is the obscure supporting characters of that often suffer the show’s cruelest fates.
He is currently writing a book about tennis, "The Cruelest Game: Agony, Ecstasy and Near Death Experiences on the Pro Tennis Tour," to be published by Doubleday in 2026.
On Tuesday teams needed to make their toughest decisions to reach their final 53 before the start of the regular season, and it’s the cruelest day in football.
Believed to be about Swift’s current boyfriend Joe Alwyn and how she met him during one of the cruelest summers of her life (cc: the aforementioned Kim Kardashian/Kanye West drama), the song’s chorus is enough to earn it a spot in anyone’s top 10.
Of all the disappointments inflicted upon high school students during this spring of the coronavirus, the loss of prom night is among the cruelest of blows.
The cruelest one taunted Floyd telling him to get up which was impossible to do with the weight of three men riding him.
Calling the cruelest among us names such as "animal" or any other "dehumanizing" epithet actually protects humans.
Ratnabali Bhattacharjee as Laxmi: Ratnabali is described as the finest interrogation officer in the entire centre, which may just mean that she is the cruelest torturer of the lot.
There are so many cruel things that happen on Earth these days – one of the cruelest being what happens to animals.
In the cruelest of ironies, the river mouth that emptied into the Gulf, whence Henry Nicholls was to set out in search of the Niger, was precisely the end of the Niger itself—only the Europeans did not know it yet.
Common combinations with cruelest
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cruelest 12×
- cruelest of 3×