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Cruelty
The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
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Broader term 3
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…
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The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.
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Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of…
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Narrower term 5
Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
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The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.
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The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
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The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
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The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
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Derivationally related 2
See Crewel.
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See Crewel.
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Synonym 2
Cruelty.
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The quality or state of being harsh.
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68% interchangeable
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