Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcruel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-cru-el
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

overly or excessively cruel

Example Sentences

"“But it is thou, oh, my brother who hast done this—this overcruel thing. Who now shall fill up the void in the chivalry of the country? […]”"
"Ah, I have been overcruel To Christians, I believe."
"The very virtue that had made her overcruel to him in the past would have made her overkind to him in the future."
"[…] when he died last year, the final straw, as my husband said, ever cruel, overcruel, my mother was the one who cleaned out his home at his behest and when I asked her about the computer and what was on it, trying not to suggest I knew his secret or that he even […]"
"The elder Cobos became over-cruel in his handling of the miserable horde, and several very unpleasant occurrences led to tragedy."

Etymology

From Middle English overcruel, equivalent to over- + cruel.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: overcruel

Inflected Forms

more overcruel (comparative) most overcruel (superlative) over-cruel (alternative)

Questions

What does overcruel mean?: overly or excessively cruel
Where does overcruel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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