cruelty

[US]/ˈkruːəlti/
[UK]/ˈkruːəlti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the quality of being cruel; behavior that causes physical or mental harm to others.

Phrases & Collocations

act of cruelty

senseless cruelty

inflict cruelty

unjust cruelty

cruelty towards animals

emotional cruelty

cruelty-free products

Example Sentences

Cruelty is the contrary of kindness.

remonstrate against cruelty to a dog

Lying and cruelty are vices.

expose their duplicity and cruelty and

we can't stand cruelty to animals.

laws prohibiting cruelty to animals.

Cruelty incenses kind people.

There is a streak of cruelty in his character.

She abhors cruelty to animals.

Such cruelty revolted him.

the enemy left no manner of cruelty unexercised that day.

the virus of cruelty that is latent in all human beings.

His cruelty was only one remove from crime.

Cruelty to animals makes him see red.

ruthless cruelty; ruthless opportunism.

The King's cruelty excited a rising of the people.

Nothing will excuse his cruelty to his children.

Cruelty an injustice often make our blood boil.

Real-world Examples

He captures birds only to let them go when he realizes the cruelty involved.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Behind the gun, Wilson smiled with a new and quiet cruelty.

Source: VOA Special April 2019 Collection

Harvard says the new order's cruelty is surpassed only by its recklessness.

Source: CRI Online August 2020 Collection

Corrie initially could not accept his, the memories of the man's cruelties still strong.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.

Source: PBS English News

Will be unhappy ending a way to emphasize the cruelty of slavery

Source: Crash Course in Drama

Phrasebooks offer the chance to eavesdrop on quieter colonial cruelties in the drawing rooms of empire.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Witnessing all the cruelty, humiliation, and atrocities around him, Frankl had every reason to lose hope.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

They are also against cruelty to animals.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

No. - You were accused of animal cruelty.

Source: Go blank axis version

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