cruelty Synonyms

harshness mercilessness cruelness pitilessness ruthlessness maliciousness abrasiveness authoritarianism inhuman treatment high-handedness atrociousness heinousness inhumaneness distressfulness direct action fierceness oppressiveness sternness stringency torture truculence tyranny unkindliness vernacularism violence warlikeness wickedness wildness unfeelingness spite martial law malevolency relentlessness coldheartedness hardheartedness heartlessness murderousness fascism brutishness cold-bloodedness fiendishness hard-heartedness unkindness masochist masochism bitchiness spitefulness rancour bloodthirstiness bloodlust