cruelty
Meaning of cruelty
noun
- cruel behaviour or attitudes.
he has treated her with extreme cruelty
we can't stand cruelty to animals
the cruelties of forced assimilation and genocide
Middle English: from Old French crualte, based on Latin crudelitas, from crudelis (see cruel).
Information about cruelty
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cruelty is: cruelties.
- Languages in which cruelty is used:
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Hyphenation of cruelty
cru-elty
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- cruelty is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cruelty synonyms
Meaning mercilessness:
mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
Meaning cruelness:
Meaning savage physical violence; great cruelty:
Meaning the quality of being fierce or cruel:
Meaning extremely cruel and brutal behaviour:
Meaning absence of culture and civilization:
Meaning deliberate cruelty or violence:
Meaning the state or quality of being ferocious:
Meaning insensitive and cruel disregard for others:
Meaning the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others:
Meaning the fact or condition of being severe:
Meaning the quality of being evil or morally wrong:
Meaning poor quality or low standard:
Meaning lack of moral principles; bad character:
Meaning immoral or grossly unfair behaviour:
Meaning the property or quality of being black in colour:
Meaning profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force:
Meaning the state or quality of being nasty:
Meaning inconsiderate and harsh behaviour:
Meaning the improper use of something:
Meaning the state or quality of being wild or savage:
cruelty antonyms
Meaning sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others:
Meaning compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm:
Translation of cruelty
- German: Grausamkeit
- Italian: crudeltà
- Spanish: crueldad
- French: cruauté
Anagrams of cruelty
Words that rhyme with cruelty
Felty, felty, shelty, Kielty, hockelty, kelty, melty, caselty, casselty, anticruelty, novelty, seminovelty, Welty, newelty, owelty, swelty
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