Usually means: Most severe form of cruelty.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word cruellest:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cruellest: Merriam-Webster
  2. cruellest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cruellest: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Cruellest, cruellest: Wordnik
  5. cruellest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cruellest: Wiktionary
  7. cruellest: Dictionary.com
  8. cruellest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. cruellest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cruellest: Legal dictionary

(Note: See cruel as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cruel)

adjective:  Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
adjective:  Harsh; severe.
adjective:  (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
adverb:  (nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.
verb:  (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
verb:  (Australia, ambitransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
noun:  Alternative form of crewel. [Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.]
▸ Also see cruel


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