Overcruel

“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? […]”

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

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

[…] 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 […]

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