Synonym: cruelness, harshness, inhuman treatment, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness. Similar words: cruel, cruel and unusual punishment, grueling, accrue, quell, fuel, felt, belt. Meaning: ['kruːəltɪ] n. 1. a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering 2. feelings of extreme heartlessness 3. the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
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151 He titillated himself with thoughts of her applying that cruelty to him.
152 The man, from Wrexham, was jailed for nine months after admitting cruelty.
153 He was acquitted of cruelty, maltreatment of a subordinate and indecent assault.
154 In addition to these defects, there is another reason why merely being against cruelty to animals is not enough.
155 Within the familiarity of marriage there are many subtle ways of showing anger, contempt or cruelty.
156 What kind of person could treat a fellow human being with such cruelty?
157 Each year animal welfare groups document instances of cruelty, but prosecutions have been rare.sentencedict .com
158 People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
159 Despite his arrogance and cruelty towards opponents, he had been a remarkably enlightened and often liberal and generous ruler.
160 Beeson, a 29-year-old state registered nurse from Southampton, denies cruelty.
161 Last March magistrates at Amersham found both men guilty of cruelty.
162 The agency probably will recommend that the district attorney file misdemeanor animal cruelty and neglect charges against Broden, she said.
163 Beauty without cruelty has produced a booklet that proves you can look great whatever your age.
164 Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty.
165 All the cruelty and injustice made her sick at heart.
166 Agelong Hindu cruelty to his unhappy brethren filled Ambedkar with anger and spite.
167 His cruelty to her was neither verbal nor physical, but simply that he had married her in the absence of love.
168 Anyone who's had a child bullied at school knows the depth of children's capacity for cold[sentencedict.com], organised cruelty.
169 Let none persuade you it is cruelty to do this; it is cruelty not to do it.
170 Birds are much lower on the evolutionary scale, which is another criterion in determining what we consider cruelty to animals.
171 Bills with bipartisan sponsorship have been introduced in both chambers to repeal this pointless cruelty.
172 An Old Bailey jury that included nine women found Sheila Beeson, 29, not guilty of child cruelty.
173 It was only now she began to understand her cruelty.
174 But what is troubling to me is the apathy toward much of the cruelty to humans.
175 He worked with others for a strong resolution against cruelty to marine animals, but with only modest success.
176 Most people abhor cruelty to children.
177 We must fight against unfairness and cruelty.
178 We hindered and repressed a great deal of cruelty.
179 The king was famed for his cruelty.
180 Cruelty is the first attribute of the devil.