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Synonyms
Antonyms
1. cruelty
noun. ['ˈkruːlti, ˈkruːəlti'] a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering.
Synonyms
- maltreatment
- impalement
- abuse
- atrocity
- ill-usage
- inhuman treatment
- ill-treatment
Antonyms
- good
- benevolence
- beneficence
- love
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Rhymes with Cruelty
- admiralty
- casualty
- casualty
- casualty
- coltie
- cruelty
- difficulty
- difficulty
- disloyalty
- esselte
- faculty
- faulty
- fealty
- fealty
- felty
- frailty
- glotfelty
- hilty
- kampschulte
- kelty
2. cruelty
noun. ['ˈkruːlti, ˈkruːəlti'] the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
Synonyms
- cruelness
- ferociousness
- malevolence
- harshness
- viciousness
- savagery
- murderousness
- malevolency
- brutality
Antonyms
- smoothness
- humaneness
- mercifulness
- concern
3. cruelty
noun. ['ˈkruːlti, ˈkruːəlti'] feelings of extreme heartlessness.
Synonyms
- coldheartedness
- heartlessness
- pitilessness
- hardheartedness
- ruthlessness
Sentences with cruelty
1. Noun, singular or mass
Some states of the U.S. have laws to regulate commercial kennels to prevent cruelty, but the laws are hard to police.