cruel vs feeling

cruel

adj
  • Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. 

  • Cool; awesome; neat. 

  • Harsh; severe. 

verb
  • To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive. 

  • To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) 

adv
  • To a great degree; terribly. 

feeling

adj
  • Emotionally sensitive. 

  • Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility. 

noun
  • An opinion, an attitude. 

  • Emotional state or well-being. 

  • Emotion; impression. 

  • Sensation, particularly through the skin. 

  • Emotional attraction or desire. 

  • Intuition. 

How often have the words cruel and feeling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )