cruelty

cru·el·ty  (krl-t)

n. pl. cru·el·ties

1. The quality or condition of being cruel.

2. Something, such as a cruel act or remark, that causes pain or suffering.

3. Law The infliction of physical or mental distress, especially when considered a determinant in granting a divorce.

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cruelty [ˈkruːəltɪ]

n pl -ties

1. deliberate infliction of pain or suffering

2. the quality or characteristic of being cruel

3. a cruel action

4. (Law) Law conduct that causes danger to life or limb or a threat to bodily or mental health, on proof of which a decree of divorce may be granted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cruelty - a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering inhuman treatment abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment - cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" impalement - the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture atrocity, inhumanity - an act of atrocious cruelty
	2.	cruelty - feelings of extreme heartlessness mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness coldheartedness, hardheartedness, heartlessness - an absence of concern for the welfare of others
	3.	cruelty - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance cruelness, harshness brutality, ferociousness, viciousness, savagery - the trait of extreme cruelty murderousness - cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder malevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil

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cruelty

noun brutality, spite, severity, savagery, ruthlessness, sadism, depravity, harshness, inhumanity, barbarity, callousness, viciousness, bestiality, heartlessness, brutishness, spitefulness, bloodthirstiness, mercilessness, fiendishness, hardheartedness Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but not children.

Translations

cruelty [ˈkrʊəltɪ] N → crueldad f (to con, hacia) society for the prevention of cruelty to animals → sociedad f protectora de los animales

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cruelty [ˈkruːəlti] n

(= cruelness) [person] → cruauté f; [fate, decision] → cruauté f

(= cruel action) → cruauté f mental cruelty

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cruelty

n → Grausamkeit f → (to gegenüber); (of remark, critic also) → Unbarmherzigkeit f; cruelty to children → Kindesmisshandlung f; cruelty to animals → Tierquälerei f; physical cruelty → Grausamkeit f; mental cruelty → seelische Grausamkeit

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cruelty [ˈkrʊəltɪ] n → crudeltà f inv
mental cruelty → crudeltà mentale

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cruelty [ˈkrʊəltɪ] n → crudeltà f inv
mental cruelty → crudeltà mentale

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cruelty → قسوة krutost ondskab Grausamkeit σκληρότητα crueldad julmuus cruauté okrutnost crudeltà 残酷 잔학함 wreedheid grusomhet okrucieństwo crueldade жестокость grymhet ความโหดร้าย zulüm sự tàn nhẫn 残忍