crūdēlis e, adj. with comp. and sup. crudus, rude, unfeeling, hard, unmerciful, hard - hearted, cruel, severe, fierce: mulier: in calamitate hominis: cenatus in conservandā patriā: in eos: in patriam: gratuito, S.: ecquid crudelius?: crudelior in nos Te, H.: tanto amori, Pr.: crudelissimi hostes: parricidae, S.

— Of things, cruel, pitiless, harsh, bitter: bellum: res auditu: poena in cives: facinora, S.: arae, of blood, V.: verber, O.: crudele, suos addicere amores, O.: amor tauri, fierce, V.: crudelior mens, O.: manūs crudelissimae.