cruelsome

English

Etymology

From cruel +‎ -some.

Adjective

cruelsome (comparative more cruelsome, superlative most cruelsome)

1. Marked by cruelness or cruelty
   • 1993, Harish Yadav, Incredible But True:

     Hayber was rewarded for his services in the most cruelsome manner. He was shot dead.

   • 2008, David J. Emmick, Defending the Wilderness:

     Two days out of every three, the prisoners were guarded by a gang of ignorant and cruelsome Negroes.

   • 2010, Sybille Frank, Silke Steets, Stadium Worlds: Football, Space and the Built Environment:

     While there may be production-specific reasons for the decision not to make use of the stadium environment as a film setting – as the authentic site of its cruelsome misappropriation as a refugee camp and later as a slaughtering place – [...]

   • 2013, Stephen B. Oladipo, Vision 20 2020 & The Menace of Vandalism:

     Whereas, such activities parade cruelsome consequences on the nation's socio-political and economic development quest.

Adverb

cruelsome (comparative more cruelsome, superlative most cruelsome)

1. (informal, nonstandard) In a cruelsome manner; severely
   • 2015, Rodman Philbrick, Coffins:

     The weather is “cruelsome hot.”