cruelty

Noun

Meaning

The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.

A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harshness ruthlessness mercilessness torture persecution severity oppression brutality wickedness ferocity barbarism savagery atrocity barbarity inhumanity
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Antonyms

amity grace rue penitence effect manna
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Hypernyms

malice abuse malevolence maltreatment ill-treatment coldheartedness

Hyponyms

brutality savagery atrocity inhumanity impalement ferociousness

Phrases with the word

act of cruelty sadistic cruelty cruelty to children with cruelty theater of cruelty enormous cruelty

Derivatives

cruelties

Anagrams

cutlery

Examples

A criminal investigation into 'murder with extreme cruelty' proved that Plenkina locked her daughter in the flat from February 13 and only returned on February 20. Source: Internet

According to the critic Frank Kermode, "the play-offers neither its good characters nor its audience any relief from its cruelty". Source: Internet

Alberton SPCA is hosting a membership drive to help raise funds as they only rely on donations, in its various forms, to assist in its mission of preventing cruelty to all animals and to ensure their well-being, at all times. Source: Internet

Accounts of the cruelty of the emperor Commodus describes his amusing himself by enacting Mithriac initiation ordeals in homicidal form. Source: Internet

A Haganah report writes: :The conquest of the village was carried out with great cruelty. Source: Internet

All you people feigning shock at the grotesque cruelty of Chinese wet markets need to follow the short, miserable life of a cow or chicken in the American agricultural system. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cruels cruelsome crueltie cruelty to children cruelty-free cruentaren