What is "crueler"

Usage examples of "crueler".

He was a cold creature and when he was being obnoxious his good looks made him seem far crueler than if he had been homely.

Knucklebones wondered which, for Sunbright, would be the crueler fate.

The people were asked to just bake there, under a crueler sun than they had known before, with nothing to do but get drunk and hit one another while they waited for another allotment.

They could hardly be any crueler than my own people will be if they ever catch me!

But it was odd that the cruel blow he had dealt Victoria was even crueler to her.