Meaning of cruelty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering
2. An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
   uncountable
3. A cruel act
4. A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior:barbarity, bestiality, brutality, inhumanity, savagery, truculence, truculency.
5. A cruel act.
   countable
6. ongenadig, onmenslik بِقَسْوه жестоко cruelmente surově, krutě grausam grusomt; ondt; forfærdeligt σκληράcruelmente julmalt با قساوت؛ بی رحمانه julmasti cruellement בְּאַכזָרִיוּת निर्दयतापूर्वक grubo kegyetlenül dengan kejam grimmdarlega crudelmente むごたらしく 잔인하게 žiauriai, skaudžiai cietsirdīgi; nežēlīgi dengan kejam wreedgrusomt, grufullt, nådeløst okrutnie بی رحمانه cruelmente cu cruzime жестоко kruto kruto okrutno grymt อย่างเจ็บปวด zalimce, insafsızca 殘酷地 жорстоко; тяжко ظالمان‍ہ một cách ...
7. wreedheid, wreedaardigheid, onmenslikheid قَسْوَه жестокост crueldade surovost, ukrutnost die Grausamkeit grusomhed; ondskab σκληρότηταcrueldad julmus بی رحمی؛ قساوت julmuus cruautéאכזריות क्रूरता grubost kegyetlenség kekejaman grimmd, miskunnarleysi crudeltà 残酷 잔인성 žiaurumas cietsirdība; nežēlība kekejaman wreedheidgrusomhet, mishandlingokrucieństwo بی رحمی crueldade cruzime жестокость krutosť krutost okrutnost grymhet การกระทำที่โหดร้าย zalimlik, insafsızlık 殘忍 жорстокість ظلم، جفا، ستم hàn...
8. The quality or condition of being cruel.
9. Something, such as a cruel act or remark, that causes pain or suffering.
10. Law The intentional infliction of physical or mental distress, especially when considered as a basis for granting a divorce.
    Law
11. deliberate infliction of pain or suffering
12. the quality or characteristic of being cruel
13. a cruel action
14. (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
    law

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Examples

“Fear of their cargo bred a savage cruelty into the crew. One captain, to strike⟳ terror into the rest⟳, killed a slave and dividing heart, liver and entrails into 300 pieces made each of the slaves eat⟳ one, threatening those who refused with the same torture. Such incidents were not rare.”

“The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place⟳ which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!”

“Gay songwriter behind bars! Needs sincere letter to help⟳ ease the tension from cruelties inside the joint.”

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