The foolish and dull and crudy vapors.
Shak.
Cru"el (kr&udd;"&ebreve;l), n. See Crewel.
Cru"el (kr&udd;"&ebreve;l), a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.] 1. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.
Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are cruel and have no mercy.
Jer. vi. 22,23.