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cruelty

DEFINITIONS OF: cruelty

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n the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

Synonyms:
cruelness, harshness
Types:
brutality, ferociousness, savagery, viciousness
the trait of extreme cruelty
murderousness
cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
Type of:
malevolence, malevolency, malice
the quality of threatening evil

n feelings of extreme heartlessness

Synonyms:
mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
Type of:
coldheartedness, hardheartedness, heartlessness
an absence of concern for the welfare of others

n a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

Synonyms:
inhuman treatment
Types:
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impalement
the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
atrocity, inhumanity
an act of atrocious cruelty
barbarism, barbarity, brutality, savagery
a brutal barbarous savage act
outrage
a wantonly cruel act
enormity
an act of extreme wickedness
Type of:
abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment
cruel or inhumane treatment
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