cruel vs lavish

cruel

adj
  • Harsh; severe. 

  • Cool; awesome; neat. 

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

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. 

lavish

adj
  • Superabundant; excessive. 

  • Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. 

verb
  • To give out extremely generously; to squander. 

  • To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. 

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