About The Word Cruelty

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Cruelty

Cruelty Meaning & Definition
Cruelty Definition And Meaning

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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