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Cruel behaviour or attitudes
Great physical or mental suffering
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority
A rigorous imposition of standards
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count noun
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Something which prevents a being from experiencing happiness or good in their lives, or inflicting harm
Cruel, violent or indecent treatment of a person or animal
The quality or state of being implacable
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Cruel behaviour or attitudes
brutality
savagery
inhumanity
sadism
viciousness
bloodthirstiness
brutishness
callousness
heartlessness
ruthlessness
savageness
severity
barbarousness
harshness
murderousness
barbarism
fiendishness
mercilessness
barbarity
ferocity
fierceness
ferociousness
pitilessness
relentlessness
remorselessness
spite
wickedness
cold-bloodedness
cold-heartedness
depravity
inclemency
nastiness
atrociousness
atrocity
badness
baseness
bestiality
black-heartedness
blackness
cruelness
devilishness
evil
heinousness
inhumanness
iniquity
spitefulness
truculence
unkindness
wantonness
abuse
ferity
hardheartedness
animality
coarseness
coldness
despotism
hard-heartedness
insensibility
insensitiveness
lack of charity
lack of regard
lack of sympathy
malice
malignity
masochism
meanness
persecution
rancour
UK
rancor
US
torture
unfeelingness
venom
vindictiveness
violence
beastliness
malevolence
villainy
maliciousness
wrong
cattiness
vileness
hostility
unpleasantness
evilness
monstrousness
insensitivity
horror
hatefulness
hatred
outrage
wrongdoing
revenge
crime
spleen
enormity
vengefulness
malignancy
malignance
offence
UK
truculency
despite
awfulness
ill will
crudity
animalism
sin
monstrosity
bitterness
offense
US
transgression
sinfulness
hideousness
hate
depravedness
abomination
unfriendliness
diabolicalness
enmity
malfeasance
obscenity
resentment
horridness
grudge
nefariousness
disagreeableness
swinishness
injustice
tyranny
rottenness
anger
bile
aggression
rancorousness
infamy
devilry
violation
aggressiveness
intensity
wildness
unscrupulousness
corruption
bloodshed
maleficence
impropriety
fury
indignity
carnage
acerbity
fighting
emotionlessness
act of brutality
act of savagery
evildoing
indifference
shabbiness
inconsiderateness
unkindliness
hardness
ghastliness
mean-spiritedness
retaliation
brutalism
foulness
acidity
acridity
corrosiveness
mordancy
asperity
acrimony
virulency
virulence
acidness
acridness
uncaringness
naughtiness
detachment
roguery
rascality
grievousness
implacableness
dreadfulness
injury
venomousness
immorality
rapacity
malefaction
grossness
mischievousness
devilment
tartness
rudeness
vice
tort
churlishness
poisonousness
vitriol
delinquency
cantankerousness
misdeed
cruel treatment
rough treatment
act of wickedness
act of cruelty
despitefulness
ill nature
bad temper
ill feeling
turpitude
ill temper
hurtfulness
sourness
act of violence
misdoing
sarcasm
foul play
strictness
sternness
carnality
pugnaciousness
pugnacity
passion
schadenfreude
orneriness
cussedness
unmercy
uncharitableness
perversion
no mercy
frightfulness
gruesomeness
soullessness
induration
obduracy
negligence
disrespect
sadomasochism
unfair treatment
compassionlessness
shamefulness
ugliness
pitch
ferment
extreme
vehemence
fervency
depth
fervor
US
inhospitality
ungenerousness
unforgivingness
stone-heartedness
hellishness
grisliness
egregiousness
dastardliness
flagitiousness
boorishness
vulgarity
crudeness
obdurateness
inhumaneness
outrageousness
balefulness
repulsiveness
vehemency
physical force
revengefulness
blood lust
misuse
third degree
choke hold
lack of compassion
lack of feeling
extremity
strength
force
disgrace
shockingness
lawlessness
vulgarism
solecism
sangfroid
villainousness
fervour
UK
furiousness
frigidity
chilliness
villianousness
localism
misusage
provincialism
catachresis
malapropism
evil-doing
bad-temperedness
disapproval
sour
ice
horribleness
flagrancy
rankness
offensiveness
abusiveness
iniquitousness
vernacularity
vernacularism
uncivilizedness
primitive culture
animosity
outrageous behavior
unresponsiveness
frigidness
flintiness
steeliness
personality
ill humour
obnoxiousness
sacrilege
mischief
dishonesty
animus
profanation
desecration
impenetrability
stony-heartedness
knavery
crookedness
shadiness
inhumane act
affront
bad blood
scandal
backbiting
gall
murder
massacre
killing
act of barbarity
parsimony
miserliness
mordacity
antipathy
down
repugnance
dirt
malintent
bane
poison
dislike
implacability
umbrage
shenanigans
stinginess
niggardliness
diablerie
evil intentions
evil intent
roguishness
close-fistedness
tight-fistedness
thuggery
greed
avarice
parsimoniousness
roughness
disorder
grievance
prankishness
attack
assault
terrorism
destructiveness
penury
illiberality
minginess
cheese-paring
acquisitiveness
penny-pinching
infringement
trespass
trouble
onslaught
frenzy
bad
inequity
infraction
devilishment
blowup
clash
ruckus
rampage
disturbance
rumble
witchcraft
magic
witchery
penuriousness
lowliness
servility
cheapness
tightness
obscurity
nearness
selfishness
bad deed
unjustness
peccadillo
disservice
ill
error
deviltry
evil magic
high jinks
mischief-making
black magic
shrewishness
perniciousness
unlawful act
illegal act
bad act
bad action
brute force
ill-temper
disrepute
shamelessness
covetousness
knavishness
smallmindedness
abjection
degeneracy
degradation
unworthiness
tightfistedness
corruptness
pettiness
debasement
lowness
closeness
frugality
contemptibleness
white heat
lack of control
rough handling
strong-arm tactics
lack of restraint
hurt
oppression
harm
mistake
prejudice
imposition
miscarriage
discourtesy
bias
misdemeanour
UK
slight
unjust act
damage
misdemeanor
US
slander
faux pas
insult
indecency
libel
blunder
raw deal
scorn
disdain
contempt
acrimoniousness
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“Why did people behave as they did - whether with
cruelty
or kindness, cravenness or courage?”
Noun
▲
Great physical or mental suffering
bitterness
grimness
hardness
painfulness
torment
toughness
wretchedness
distress
misery
pain
trauma
agony
anguish
suffering
affliction
excruciation
heartbreak
woe
hell
straits
travail
Gehenna
murder
rack
horror
tribulation
nightmare
hurt
purgatory
third degree
dolor
pang
crucifixion
cruciation
torture
ache
laceration
twinge
impalement
martyrdom
Noun
▲
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority
oppression
suppression
brutality
persecution
repression
subjugation
tyranny
authoritarianism
despotism
maltreatment
ruthlessness
subjection
suffering
abuse
abusiveness
harshness
injustice
torment
tyrrany
control
domination
enslavement
exploitation
harassment
hardship
injury
misery
pain
severity
anguish
autocracy
calamity
coercion
compulsion
conquering
dictatorship
fascism
force
forcibleness
subduing
hardness
ill treatment
ill-treatment
iron hand
martial law
censorship
constraint
absolutism
high-handedness
totalitarianism
imperiousness
Fascism
tsarism
strictness
autarchy
bullying
Caesarism
absolute power
czarism
totalism
peremptoriness
unreasonableness
monocracy
oppressiveness
unjustness
totality
terrorism
reign of terror
harsh discipline
oligarchy
undemocratic rule
more ❯
Noun
▲
A rigorous imposition of standards
rigidity
severity
harshness
sternness
strictness
hardness
inflexibility
stringency
rigour
UK
rigor
US
exactingness
rigidness
rigorousness
austerity
toughness
sharpness
grimness
stiffness
unkindness
acerbity
hardheartedness
firmness
inelasticity
authoritarianism
relentlessness
savagery
asperity
difficulty
danger
discipline
arduousness
intransigence
despotism
unsparingness
hard-heartedness
callousness
cold-heartedness
heartlessness
ruthlessness
steeliness
flintiness
pitilessness
seriousness
brutality
inhumanity
severeness
lack of sentiment
lack of feeling
lack of compassion
formality
gravity
coldness
solemnity
soberness
graveness
somberness
obduracy
inclemency
astringence
exactness
formalness
forbiddingness
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
count noun
)
Something which prevents a being from experiencing happiness or good in their lives, or inflicting harm
evil
harm
pain
hurt
misery
sorrow
suffering
trauma
trouble
disaster
detriment
destruction
loss
misfortune
catastrophe
calamity
act of cruelty
affliction
brutality
horror
mischief
woe
ruin
evildoing
hardship
ills
injury
adversity
damage
problem
mishap
distress
mischance
trial
misadventure
grief
worry
unpleasantness
tragedy
anguish
grievance
strain
tribulation
malice
knock
ill
bad luck
ill luck
more ❯
Noun
▲
Cruel, violent or indecent treatment of a person or animal
abuse
maltreatment
mistreatment
manhandling
bullying
oppression
violence
assault
hurt
persecution
torture
harm
injury
malevolence
violation
wronging
beating
damage
defilement
hitting
mishandling
molestation
offence
UK
offense
US
impairment
injuring
neglect
spoiling
striking
wrong
ill treatment
ill-treatment
ill use
rough treatment
indecent assault
beating up
rough handling
roughing up
doing over
misuse
ill-use
mauling
torment
harassment
injustice
ill-usage
punishment
ill usage
bad treatment
exploitation
misapplication
misusage
perversion
misemployment
desecration
mismanagement
cruel treatment
maladministration
inhumane treatment
misgovernment
misrule
aggression
thrashing
battery
bashing
hammering
assaulting
pounding
pummelling
UK
flogging
impugnment
lashing
thwacking
belting
lambasting
punching
battering
wrongdoing
thumping
knocking
whacking
misdeed
misconduct
unkindness
debasement
crime
delinquency
sin
fault
pummeled
US
embezzlement
squandering
waste
dissipation
misutilization
corruption
catachresis
solecism
fraud
distortion
profanation
malapropism
prostitution
fraudulent use
abusage
misappropriation
barbarism
wrong use
more ❯
Noun
▲
The quality or state of being implacable
implacability
inflexibility
pitilessness
relentlessness
ruthlessness
implacableness
inexorability
intractability
mercilessness
vengefulness
adamancy
bullheadedness
callousness
cold-heartedness
contumacy
die-hardism
doggedness
grimness
hardheartedness
incompliance
incompliancy
indomitability
inexorableness
inflexibleness
intransigence
intransigency
mulishness
obduracy
obdurateness
obstinacy
perseverance
pertinacity
pigheadedness
remorselessness
rigidity
rigidness
stubbornness
unforgivingness
unyieldingness
pertinaciousness
willfulness
opinionatedness
hardheadedness
obstinateness
self-will
self-opinionatedness
immovability
inescapability
unavoidability
certainty
inevitability
hardness
persistence
severity
stringency
harshness
sternness
stiffness
strictness
steeliness
rigor
US
exactingness
determination
rigorousness
rigour
UK
obdu
resolve
inelasticity
fixity
narrow-mindedness
dogmatism
single-mindedness
firmness
wilfulness
intractableness
pig-headedness
perverseness
resolution
perversity
uncooperativeness
bull-headedness
tenacity
contrariness
strong-mindedness
tenaciousness
resoluteness
persistency
refractoriness
unmanageableness
recalcitrance
steadfastness
bloody-mindedness
obstinance
conviction
wrong-headedness
bolshiness
purpose
insistence
reluctance
stroppiness
frowardness
contumaciousness
unreasonableness
waywardness
awkwardness
capriciousness
difficultness
contradictoriness
cussedness
contradictiveness
indiscipline
balkiness
unruliness
rebellion
cantankerousness
defiance
obstreperousness
rebelliousness
ungovernability
insubordination
disobedience
incorrigibility
indocility
sass
order
ungovernableness
audacity
untowardness
impugnment
factiousness
affront
defy
wildness
bravado
opposition
boldness
insolence
stump
dare
fractiousness
effrontery
call
brazenness
uncontrollableness
lip
provocation
spite
enjoinder
impudence
confrontation
recidivism
cartel
unmanageability
disorderliness
insurgence
insurgency
muster
gas
guts
temerity
command
contempt
summons
challenge
recalcitrancy
revolt
uncontrollability
back talk
big talk
hot air
throwing of the gauntlet
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