overcruel

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1. overly or excessively cruel

   Ah, I have been overcruel To Christians, I believe.

   1872, Beunans Meriasek, Whitley Stokes, The Life of Saint Meriasek

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   “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? […]”

   1863, Edward Howard, The Old Commodore

   The very virtue that had made her overcruel to him in the past would have made her overkind to him in the future.

   1915, William John Locke, Jaffery

   […] 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 […]

   2013, Kate Bernheimer, xo Orpheus

   The elder Cobos became over-cruel in his handling of the miserable horde, and several very unpleasant occurrences led to tragedy.

   2013, William Albert Robinson, Deep Water and Shoal