cruelest-hearted
cruelest-hearted is the superlative form of cruel-hearted.
Meaning of cruel-hearted
Adjective
cruel-hearted (comparative more cruel-hearted or (rare) crueler-hearted, superlative most cruel-hearted or (rare) cruelest-hearted)
- Cruel; lacking kindness and compassion.
- I thinke Crab my dog, be the ſowreſt natured dogge that liues: My Mother weeping: my Father wayling: my Siſter crying: our Maid howling: our Catte wringing her hands, and all our houſe in a great perplexitie, yet did not this cruell-hearted Curre ſhedde one teare: he is a ſtone, a very pibble...c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
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- What is cruelest-hearted the superlative form of?
- Cruelest-hearted is the superlative form of cruel-hearted.
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