cruelty
[noun]
Synonyms: brutality, barbarity, callousness, depravity, fiendishness, inhumanity, mercilessness, ruthlessness, spitefulness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cru‧el‧ty /ˈkruːəlti/ noun (plural cruelties)
[Word Family: noun: cruelty; adverb: cruelly; adjective: cruel]

1. [uncountable and countable] behaviour or actions that deliberately cause pain to people or animals Antonym : kindness:
The children had suffered cruelty and neglect.
There was a hint of cruelty in Brian’s smile.
cruelty to
cruelty to animals
cruelty of
the cruelty of the slave trade
The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
the cruelties of war

2. [uncountable] the unfairness of something that happens:
the cruelty of life

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cruelty
noun
ADJ. extreme, great an act of extreme cruelty
deliberate | mental | animal, child Cases of child cruelty occur more often than they are observed.
VERB + CRUELTY inflict, show (sb) How can you inflict such cruelty on a child? Her stepmother showed her nothing but cruelty.
suffer The children suffered mental cruelty and neglect.
PREP. ~ to/towards cruelty to animals

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