CRUELTY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a cruel act
   • a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
   Synonym(s)
   • inhuman treatment (what does inhuman treatment mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) cruelty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • maltreatment (what does maltreatment mean?)
   • ill-treatment (what does ill-treatment mean?)
   • ill-usage (what does ill-usage mean?)
   • abuse (what does abuse mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • impalement (what does impalement mean?)
   • atrocity (what does atrocity mean?)
   • inhumanity (what does inhumanity mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
   Synonym(s)
   • cruelness (what does cruelness mean?)
   • harshness (what does harshness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) cruelty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • malevolence (what does malevolence mean?)
   • malevolency (what does malevolency mean?)
   • malice (what does malice mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ferociousness (what does ferociousness mean?)
   • brutality (what does brutality mean?)
   • viciousness (what does viciousness mean?)
   • savageness (what does savageness mean?)
   • savagery (what does savagery mean?)
   • murderousness (what does murderousness mean?)
   • bloodthirstiness (what does bloodthirstiness mean?)
3. Meaning
   • feelings of extreme heartlessness
   Synonym(s)
   • mercilessness (what does mercilessness mean?)
   • pitilessness (what does pitilessness mean?)
   • ruthlessness (what does ruthlessness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) cruelty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • heartlessness (what does heartlessness mean?)
   • coldheartedness (what does coldheartedness mean?)
   • hardheartedness (what does hardheartedness mean?)