CRUELTY Synonyms

• mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

• mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

• the trait of extreme cruelty

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

• the property of being wild or turbulent

• an absence of concern for the welfare of others

• the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

• an act of atrocious cruelty

• the property of being untamed and ferocious

• the trait of extreme cruelty

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

• something hard to endure

• extreme plainness

• excessive sternness

• lack of sympathy

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering