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Atrocity

Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.

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Barbarism 76% connected

An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.

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Barbarity 76% connected

The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

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Brutality 76% connected

The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.

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Enormity 76% connected

The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

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Outrage 76% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Savagery 76% connected

The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

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Cruelty 76% connected

The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.

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Inhumanity 76% connected

The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

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Atrocious 74% connected

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

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Atrocious 74% connected

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

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Barbarity 92% connected

The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

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Barbarousness 92% connected

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

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Inhumanity 92% connected

The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Abomination noun · 78% connection

A cause of pollution or wickedness.

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Aggravation noun · 78% connection

The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; somethi…

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Agony noun · 78% connection

Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,…

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Ascetic noun · 78% connection

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

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Audacious adjective · 78% connection

Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.

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Blackness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.

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Caitiff noun · 78% connection

A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.

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Corruption noun · 78% connection

The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity o…

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Crime noun · 78% connection

Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.

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Cursedness noun · 78% connection

Wickedness; sin; cursing.

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Darkness noun · 78% connection

A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

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Depravity noun · 78% connection

The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or hea…

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