Cruelty
['krʊəltɪ] or ['krʊəlti]
Definition
(noun.) a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering.
(noun.) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
(noun.) feelings of extreme heartlessness.
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Definition
(n.) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
(n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inhumanity, barbarity, brutality, brutishness, ferocity, savageness truculence, blood-thirstiness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of cruelty being shown you, foretells you will have trouble and disappointment in some dealings. If it is shown to others, there will be a disagreeable task set for others by you, which will contribute to you own loss.
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Examples
- None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He pictured the town emancipated from its ugliness and its cruelty--a beautiful city for free men and women. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Out of the question, sir,' remarked Sam Weller, coming to assist in the conference; 'it's a cruelty to animals, sir, to ask 'em to do it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The whole cruelty of Sir Percival's deception had fallen on poor Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- O Mr Wrayburn,' she answered, suddenly breaking into tears, 'is the cruelty on my side! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have discovered, whispering mysteriously, that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In every victory he displayed humanity to the conquered, and decisively opposed any exhibition of cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the matter of slavery; all nations had slaves; some treated them very cruelly, some with moderate cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It's quite a cruelty,' said Charlotte. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The motions of these men were slow and solemn, as if there impended over their souls some preconception of horror and of cruelty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- O, you are too relentless--there's a limit to the cruelty of savages! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He hid his face in his burning hands, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is a dark and intricate story of treacheries, cruelties, and hate, in which the death of the wily Histi?us shines almost cheerfully. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But his indulgence in these and his personal tyrannies and cruelties did not interfere with the general prosperity of the empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He held a command in Spain, and distinguished himself by his cruelties. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He might suffer horrible cruelties, for there was little law to protect such as he. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every one of them is capable of cruelties and fine emotions, of despairs and devotions and self-forgetful effort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Roman writers accuse her of great cruelties. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The expedition was successful, but he was disgusted by what he saw of the cruelties and horrors of war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The clergy were to be freed from lay jurisdiction and from taxation, and exemplary cruelties were to be practised upon the heretics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We read of horrible cruelties in the suppression of these troubles by Hamilcar, the Carthaginian general; of men being crucified by the thousand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This step was taken by his grandson, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible, because of his insane cruelties; 1533-1584). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The horrid cruelties and outrages that once and a while find their way into the papers,--such cases as Prue's, for example,--what do they come from? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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