Cruelty Synonyms and Antonyms

kro͝oəl-tē
A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. inhuman treatment

Words Related to Cruelty

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Cruelty Sentence Examples

  • He remembered his cruelty from the night and glanced at the couch.

  • The habits of the military class are the absence of freedom, that is, discipline, idleness, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery, and drunkenness.

  • His memory was long regarded in Saxony with great abhorrence, and stories of cruelty and treachery gathered round his name.

  • Crema yielded after an heroic siege in 1160, and was abandoned to the cruelty of its fierce rival Cremona.

  • It is further evident that Desmoulins was already sympathizing, not only with the enthusiasm, but also with the fury and cruelty, of the Parisian crowds.

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