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- 1. cruel behaviour or attitudes: "he has treated her with extreme cruelty" Similar Opposite
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noun [ U or C ] uk / ˈkruː.əl.ti / us / ˈkruː.əl.ti / Add to word list. B2. cruel behaviour or a cruel action: cruelty to The farmer was accused of cruelty to animals. Fewer examples. The slaves were treated with sickening cruelty. I find any cruelty to children utterly repellent. She divorced her husband on the grounds of mental cruelty.
The meaning of CRUELTY is the quality or state of being cruel. How to use cruelty in a sentence.
Cruelty is a characteristic of deliberately causing someone pain. Years of cruelty by their leaders can cause citizens to rise up together and revolt. Keeping a dog tied up outside all day and all night is animal cruelty, while kids' endless bullying of a classmate is another kind of cruelty.
noun. 1. the quality or condition of being cruel; inhumanity; hardheartedness. 2. Word forms: plural ˈcruelties. a cruel action, remark, etc. 3. Law. willful infliction of physical pain or suffering upon a person or animal, or of mental distress upon a person.
noun [ U or C ] us / ˈkruː.əl.ti / uk / ˈkruː.əl.ti / Add to word list. B2. cruel behavior or a cruel action: cruelty to The farmer was accused of cruelty to animals. Fewer examples. The slaves were treated with sickening cruelty. I find any cruelty to children utterly repellent. She divorced her husband on the grounds of mental cruelty.
1. deliberate infliction of pain or suffering. 2. the quality or characteristic of being cruel. 3. a cruel action. 4. (Law) law conduct that causes danger to life or limb or a threat to bodily or mental health, on proof of which a decree of divorce may be granted.
Cruelty Definition. The quality or condition of being cruel; inhumanity; hardheartedness. A cruel action, remark, etc. Willful infliction of physical pain or suffering upon a person or animal, or of mental distress upon a person.
cruelty. noun. /ˈkruəlti/ , /ˈkrulti/ (pl. cruelties) [uncountable] cruelty (to somebody/something) behavior that causes pain or suffering to others, especially deliberately cruelty to animals The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife. opposite kindness. Definitions on the go.
Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. [...] More. Synonyms of 'cruelty' • brutality, spite, severity, savagery [...] More. Collocations with 'cruelty' cruelty charge. Examples of 'cruelty' in a sentence.
cruelty meaning: cruel behaviour or a cruel action: . Learn more.
