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.

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, spitefulness, bloodthirstiness, mercilessness, fiendishness, hardheartedness

Translations

cruelty [ˈkruəltɪ] n → crueldad f

cruelty [ˈkruəltɪ] cruel n → cruauté f

cruelty [ˈkruəltɪ] cruel n → Grausamkeit f

cruelty [ˈkruəltɪ] n → crudeltà f inv