What is another word for cruelty?
292 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kɹˈuːəlti], [ kɹˈuːəlti], [ k_ɹ_ˈuː_ə_l_t_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for cruelty:- ferocity (adjective)
- act (noun)
- barbarism (noun)
- barbarity (noun)
- brutality (noun)
- brutality, harshness (noun)
- cruelness (noun)
- cruelty (noun)
- deviltry (noun)
- ill (noun)
- inhumanity (noun)
- oppression (noun)
- painfulness (noun)
- pitilessness (noun)
- sadism (noun)
- spitefulness (noun)
- tyranny (noun)
- vindictiveness (noun)
- violence (noun)
- wrong (noun)
- other synonyms
- brutality
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Cruelty:
adj.
•ferocity (adjective)- more brutality,
- more violence,
- most murderousness,
- crueltiest,
- crueltier,
- most barbarity,
- more savagery,
- most wildness,
- more ferociousness,
- most savagery,
- most viciousness,
- most brutality,
- more bloodthirstiness,
- more barbarity,
- more murderousness,
- more viciousness,
- most violence,
- most bloodthirstiness,
- more wildness,
- most ferociousness.
n.
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- Brutalities,
- abuse.
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- truculence,
- kind,
- favorite,
- bias,
- truculency.
- localisms,
- mis usage,
- un-civilizedness,
- mis-usages,
- mis usages,
- uncivilizednesses,
- vernacularities,
- un-civilizednesses,
- provincialisms,
- catachresises,
- primitive cultures,
- un civilizednesses,
- un civilizedness,
- mis-usage.
- coldness,
- rancor,
- grimness,
- inflexibility,
- malice,
- outrage,
- barbarousness,
- inquisition,
- persecution,
- insensitivity,
- malignity,
- wickedness,
- relentlessness,
- tyranny,
- ferocity,
- indifference,
- animality,
- hardness of heart,
- venom,
- Monstrousness,
- viciousness,
- unnaturalness,
- insensibility.
- depravity,
- severity,
- fiendishness,
- Hard-heartedness,
- coarseness,
- insensitiveness,
- masochism,
- torture,
- spite.
- dis-ease,
- in jury,
- un pleasantness,
- in dispositions,
- dis orders,
- dis-eases,
- dis-orders,
- dis order,
- in-jury,
- un-pleasantness,
- mis-chiefs,
- in juries,
- un pleasantnesses,
- in disposition,
- un-pleasantnesses,
- mis chief,
- mis chiefs,
- badnesses,
- mis-chief,
- in-dispositions,
- dis eases,
- dis ease,
- in-disposition,
- dis-order.
- coldbloodednesses,
- in humanities,
- callousnesses,
- in humanity,
- cold bloodedness,
- heartlessnesses,
- cold-bloodednesses,
- in-humanity,
- cold bloodednesses,
- in-humanities.
Other synonyms:
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- cronyism,
- despotism,
- rough justice,
- favoritism,
- inequality,
- nepotism,
- preferential,
- poison,
- alienation,
- exploitation,
- inequity,
- maltreatment,
- Elder Abuse,
- rejection,
- killer instinct,
- free ride,
- savagery,
- Implacability,
- injustice,
- cynicism,
- harassment,
- self-interest,
- bullying,
- imbalance,
- acidity.
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- favored,
- excess,
- evil,
- bestiality,
- partiality.
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- favor.
- damage,
- beastliness,
- perversity,
- roughness,
- exigency,
- frenzy,
- malevolence,
- inexorability,
- coldheartedness,
- evil-doing,
- ruffianism,
- inclemency,
- heinousness,
- flagitiousness,
- ferociousness,
- rigourousness,
- unyieldingness,
- wantonness,
- banemalenty,
- malignancy,
- injury,
- rigidity,
- austerity,
- bloody-mindedness,
- inexorableness,
- rigour,
- horror,
- bloodlust,
- Diablerie,
- evil eye,
- passion,
- vivisection,
- violence,
- cannibalism,
- heart of stone,
- obdurateness,
- Malefaction,
- cloven foot,
- severeness,
- infamy,
- enormity,
- dictatorship,
- domination,
- stringency,
- fastidiousness,
- iniquity,
- Immanity,
- abrasiveness,
- obduracy,
- maliciousness,
- gracelessness,
- hardness,
- devilishness,
- vehemence,
- bloodthirst,
- brutalness,
- short shrift,
- Bloodiness,
- Abusiveness,
- rigorousness,
- remorselessness,
- tender mercies,
- unforgivingness,
- scratchiness,
- fury,
- strictness,
- vandalism,
- devilry,
- coercion,
- harm,
- villainy,
- Flintiness,
- stiffness,
- inhumanness,
- wrongdoing,
- Ferity,
- sternness,
- rigor,
- Cruelties,
- inhumaneness,
- atrociousness.
Paraphrases for Cruelty:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
ruthlessness, harshness.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
cruel, ill-treatment.
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Proper noun, singular
cruel, ill-treatment.
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Noun, singular or mass
cruel, ill-treatment.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Independent
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Adjective
brutal, harsh, ill-treated, ruthless, abusive.
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Noun, singular or mass
torture.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
ferocity, wickedness, severity, violence, meanness.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Cruelty:
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n.
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brutality, harshness
gentility, love, charity, mercy, compassion, kindness, feeling, thoughtfulness, consideration, niceness.
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Other antonyms:
clemency, mercifulness, warmness, warmth, kindheartedness, charitableness, benignity, pity, tenderness, warmheartedness, good-heartedness, humanity, tenderheartedness, leniency, sympathy, humaneness.
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brutality, harshness
Homophones for Cruelty:
- carload, correlate, cheerlead, curled, correlated, choral ode, coral-wood, charlotte, coralwood, cryolite, cereal oat.
Hypernym for Cruelty:
n.
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act
atrocity, inhumanity, impalement.
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act
Hyponym for Cruelty:
n.
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act
abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, ill-usage.
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act