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 animalscruelty of the cruelty of the slave trade The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife. the cruelties of war2. [uncountable] the unfairness of something that happens:
the cruelty of life [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲