cruelty
Divide cruelty into syllables:
cru · elty
How to pronounce cruelty:
Synonyms for cruelty:
abuse
atrocity
barbarity
barbarousness
bestiality
bloodthirstiness
brutality
brutishness
callousness
cruelness
depravity
fiendishness
hardheartedness
harshness
heartlessness
ill-treatment
ill-usage
impalement
inhuman treatment
inhumanity
inhumanness
maltreatment
mercilessness
murderousness
pitilessness
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