cruelty
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Synonyms:
brutality, barbarity, sadism, savageness, unkindness, inhumanity, barbarism, mercilessness, barbarousness, unmercifulness, wickedness, ruthlessness, severity Collocations, malignity, malice, venom, coldness, unfeelingness, callousness, insensibility, indifference, insensitivity, fierceness, viciousness, bestiality, animality, truculence, ferocity, savagery, brutishness, implacability, grimness, monstrousness, inflexibility, fiendishness, hardness of heart, bloodthirstiness, heartlessness, torture, persecution, despotism, harshness, outrage Collocations, atrocity, evil Collocations, tyranny, malevolence
Antonyms:
benevolence, kindness Collocations, compassion, kindheartedness, humaneness, tenderness, gentleness, thoughtfulness, mercy Collocations, forgiveness Collocations, warmheartedness, lenience, pity Collocations, sympathy Collocations