cruelty
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
Types & categories
- maltreatment hypernym
- impalement hyponym
- atrocity hyponym
Sense 2 noun
feelings of extreme heartlessness
Types & categories
- heartlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
Types & categories
- malevolency hypernym
- brutality hyponym
- murderousness hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | maltreatment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impalement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | atrocity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitiless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | merciless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitiless |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | heartlessness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | harsh |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | malevolency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | brutality |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | murderousness |