English
cruelty n
Definition
causing pain or suffering to others.
Synonyms
animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarianism, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutality, brutishness, callousness, coarseness, coldness, cruelness, cruelty, dastardliness, demoniacness, depravity, despotism, enormity, ferity, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, flintiness, fury, hard-heartedness, harshness, heartlessness, heinousness, inhumanity, insensibility, insensitiveness, malice, malignity, masochism, mercilessness, monstrosity, monstrousness, murderousness, nefariousness, painfulness, persecution, rancor, repressiveness, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, severeness, severity, spite, spitefulness, terribleness, terrorizing, torture, truculence, unfeelingness, unkindness, venom, viciousness, villainousness, villainy, wickedness.
Similar Concepts
mercilessness, revengefulness, tyranny, unforgivingness, unkindliness, violence.
Hindi
क्रूरता सं
Definition
किसी को पीड़ा, कष्ट और दुःख पहुँचाने का काम.
Synonyms
अत्याचार, अत्याचारप्रियता, अत्याचारिता, कठोरता, कड़ाई, क़ीना, क्रूरता, ख़ूँख़ारी, घातकता, जँगलीपन, ज़ुल्म, ज़ुल्मत, तानाशाही, निर्ममता, निष्ठुरता, नृशंसता, परुषता, पशुता, पारुष्य, पाशविकता, पाषाणता, पाषाणहृदयता, पीड़कता, पीड़न, पीड़ाप्रदता, प्रतिपीड़कता, भावनाहीनता, रक्तपिपासा, राक्षसीयता, वन्यता, वहशीपन, संक्रूरता, सितम, हिंस्रता.
Similar Concepts
अत्याचार, क्षमाहीनता, दयाहीनता, निर्दयता, प्रतिशोध भावना, हिंसा.
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