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cruelness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of cruelness

disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

far from being healers, the doctors in the Nazi death camps were notable for their senseless cruelness

Synonyms for cruelness

atrociousness,
atrocity,
barbarity,
barbarousness,
brutality,
cruelty,
fiendishness,
heartlessness,
inhumanity,
inhumanness,
sadism,
savageness,
savagery,
truculence,
viciousness,
wantonness

Words Related to cruelness

hard-heartedness,
mercilessness,
pitilessness,
ruthlessness,
unfeelingness

fellness,
ferociousness,
ferocity,
fierceness,
grimness

bloodlust,
bloodthirstiness,
murderousness,
sanguineness,
sanguinity

cattiness,
despitefulness,
hatefulness,
malevolence,
maliciousness,
malignity,
meanness,
nastiness,
spitefulness

hardhandedness,
harshness,
heavy-handedness,
oppressiveness

Near Antonyms for cruelness

tenderness,
warmheartedness,
warmness,
warmth

charitableness,
clemency,
leniency,
mercifulness,
mercy,
pity

Antonyms for cruelness

benignity,
compassion,
good-heartedness,
humaneness,
humanity,
kindheartedness,
kindness,
sympathy,
tenderheartedness

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“Cruelness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruelness. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.

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