cruelty Synonyms

mercilessness ruthlessness harshness savagery persecution cruelness pitilessness spitefulness oppression ferocity callousness viciousness inhumanity brutality severity torture atrocity heartlessness wickedness barbarism barbarity villainy vernacularism high-handedness atrociousness heinousness inhumaneness distressfulness venom direct action oppressiveness victimization unfeelingness wildness maliciousness abrasiveness authoritarianism warlikeness maltreatment fierceness violence inhuman treatment martial law malevolency unkindness murderousness fascism brutishness cold-bloodedness fiendishness