cruauté

Definitions of cruauté
  1. noun
    the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
    synonyms: agressivité, bestialité, dureté
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    types:
    agressivité, barbarie, bestialité, sauvagerie
    the trait of extreme cruelty
    soif de sang
    cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
    type of:
    malice, malveillance, méchanceté
    the quality of threatening evil
  2. noun
    the trait of extreme cruelty
    synonyms: agressivité, barbarie, bestialité, sauvagerie
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    type of:
    agressivité, bestialité, dureté
    the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
  3. noun
    a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
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    types:
    atrocité
    an act of atrocious cruelty
    barbarie, barbarisme
    a brutal barbarous savage act
    type of:
    abus, sévices
    cruel or inhumane treatment
  4. noun
    the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
    synonyms: atrocité, bestialité
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    type of:
    inhumanité
    the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
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