cruelties

Meaning of cruelties

plural noun
  1. 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 cruelties

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of cruelties is: cruelty.
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Hyphenation of cruelties

cru-el-ties

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • cruelties is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

cruelties synonyms

Meaning savage physical violence; great cruelty:

brutality

Meaning the quality of being fierce or cruel:

savagery

Meaning extremely cruel and brutal behaviour:

inhumanity

Meaning absence of culture and civilization:

barbarism

Meaning deliberate cruelty or violence:

viciousness

Meaning the state or quality of being ferocious:

ferocity

Meaning insensitive and cruel disregard for others:

callousness

Meaning the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others:

sadism

Meaning the quality of lacking pity or compassion for others:

ruthlessness

Meaning the fact or condition of being severe:

severity

Meaning the quality of being unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:

harshness

Meaning the quality of being evil or morally wrong:

wickedness

Meaning poor quality or low standard:

badness

Meaning lack of moral principles; bad character:

baseness

Meaning immoral or grossly unfair behaviour:

iniquity

Meaning the property or quality of being black in colour:

blackness

Meaning profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force:

evil

Meaning the state or quality of being nasty:

nastiness

Meaning inconsiderate and harsh behaviour:

unkindness

Meaning the improper use of something:

abuse

Meaning the state or quality of being wild or savage:

ferity

cruelties antonyms

Meaning sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others:

compassion

Meaning compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm:

mercy

Anagrams of cruelties

cutleries, reticules

Words that rhyme with cruelties

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