About The Word Cruelty
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Cruelty
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What's The Definition Of Cruelty?
[n] a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
[n] the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance [n] feelings of extreme heartlessness Synonyms | Synonyms for Cruelty: cruelness | harshness | inhuman treatment | mercilessness | pitilessness | ruthlessness Related Terms | Find terms related to Cruelty: animality | atrociousness | atrocity | barbarity | barbarousness | beastliness | bestiality | bloodiness | bloodlust | bloodthirst | bloodthirstiness | bloody-mindedness | brutality | brutalness | brutishness | cannibalism | cruelness | ferociousness | ferocity | fiendishness | fierceness | flintiness | hardness | harshness | heartlessness | inclemency | inexorableness | inhumaneness | inhumanity | mercilessness | pitilessness | relentlessness | remorselessness | ruthlessness | sadism | sadistic cruelty | sanguineousness | savagery | short shrift | tender mercies | truculence | uncompassionateness | unfeelingness | unforgivingness | unmercifulness | unremorsefulness | unsympatheticness | unyieldingness | vandalism | viciousness | violence | wanton cruelty See Also | abuse | atrocity | bloodthirstiness | brutality | coldheartedness | ferociousness | hardheartedness | heartlessness | ill-treatment | ill-usage | impalement | inhumanity | malevolence | malevolency | malice | maltreatment | murderousness | savageness | savagery | viciousness Cruelty In Webster's Dictionary \Cru"el*ty\ (-t[y^]), n.; pl. {Cruelties} (-t[i^]z).
[OF. cruelt['e], F. cruaut['e], fr. L. crudelitas, fr.
crudelis. See {Cruel}.]
1. The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to
give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity;
barbarity.
Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty.
--Shak.
2. A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of
willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Cruelties worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition.
Macaulay.
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