cruelty

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• cruellty (obsolete)
• cruelltie (obsolete)

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Noun

cruelty (countable and uncountable; plural cruelties)

1. (uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
2. (countable) a cruel act

Translations

indifference to suffering

Bulgarian: жестокост (bg) f. Catalan: crueltat (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 殘忍 (zh) Czech: krutost (cs) f. German: Grausamkeit (de) f. Italian: crudeltà (it) f.

Portuguese: crueldade (pt) f. Russian: жестокость (ru) (žestókost') f. Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneastachd (gd) f., neo-thruacantachd (gd) f. Spanish: crueldad (es) f.

positive pleasure in inflicting suffering

Bulgarian: жестокост (bg) f. Catalan: crueltat (ca) f. Czech: krutost (cs) f. German: Grausamkeit (de) f. Hebrew: אכזריות (akhzariut) f.

Italian: crudeltà (it) f. Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneastachd (gd) f., neo-thruacantachd (gd) f. Spanish: crueldad (es)

cruel act

Catalan: crueltat (ca) f. Czech: krutost (cs) f. German: Grausamkeit f., Quälerei f. Italian: crudeltà (it) f.

Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneastachd (gd) f., neo-thruacantachd (gd) f. Spanish: crueldad (es) Swedish: grymhet (sv) c., elakhet (sv) c.

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