Definitions for CRUELTY
ˈkru əl ticru·el·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cruelty, inhuman treatmentnoun

   a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

2. cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessnessnoun

   feelings of extreme heartlessness

3. cruelty, cruelness, harshnessnoun

   the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. crueltynoun

   an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.

2. crueltynoun

   a cruel act

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crueltynoun

   Inhumanity; savageness; barbarity.

   Etymology: cruauté, French.

   The cruelty and envy of the people,
   Permitted by our dastard nobles,
   Have suffer’d me by the voice of slaves to be
   Whoop’d out of Rome. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   There were great changes in the world by the revolutions of empire, the cruelties of conquering, and the calamities of enslaved nations. William Temple.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cruelty

   Cruelty is the pleasure in inflicting suffering or inaction towards another's suffering when a clear remedy is readily available. Sadism can also be related to this form of action or concept. Cruel ways of inflicting suffering may involve violence, but affirmative violence is not necessary for an act to be cruel. For example, if a person is drowning and begging for help and another person is able to help with no cost or risk, but is merely watching with disinterest or perhaps mischievous amusement, that person is being cruel—rather than violent. George Eliot stated that "cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside itself; it only requires opportunity." Bertrand Russell stated that "the infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell." Gilbert K. Chesterton stated that "cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kind of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."The word has metaphorical uses, for example, "The cliffs remained cruel." (i.e., unclimbable when they desperately needed to be climbed) in The Lord of the Rings.

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1. cruelty

   Cruelty is the act of inflicting pain or causing suffering to others, whether physically or emotionally, often involving inhumane and harsh treatment. It may also refer to indifference or pleasure in causing pain and suffering. Cruelty can be demonstrated through actions, language, or neglect and can occur in various contexts such as in interpersonal relationships, societal treatment of animals, or in legal and justice systems.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crueltynoun

   the attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity

2. Crueltynoun

   a cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain

3. Etymology: [OF. cruelt, F. cruaut, fr. L. crudelitas, fr. crudelis. See Cruel.]

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1. Cruelty

   Cruelty is indifference to suffering, and even pleasure in inflicting it. Sadism can also be related to this form of action or concept. Cruel ways of inflicting suffering may involve violence, but affirmative violence is not necessary for an act to be cruel. For example, if a person is drowning and begging for help, and another person is able to help, but merely watches with disinterest or perhaps mischievous amusement, that person is being cruel — rather than violent. George Eliot stated that "cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity." Bertrand Russell stated that "the infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell." Gilbert K. Chesterton stated that "cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kind of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."

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1. • Heartlessness
   • Malevolence
   • Maltreatment

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CRUELTY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CRUELTY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CRUELTY in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Greenblatt:

   Well, Whoopi, there’s no question that the Holocaust was about race. That’s how the Nazis saw it as they perpetrated the systematic annihilation of the Jewish people across continents, across countries with deliberate and ruthless cruelty, you see, Hitler’s ideology, the Third Reich, was predicated on the idea that the Aryans, the Germans, were a ‘master race,’ and the Jews were a subhuman race. It was racialized anti-Semitism.

2. Deputy Chief Inspector Nicole Broster:

   ( SWNS) The gruesome discovery took place on March 9 outside of an unidentified building in the Cricklewood neighborhood. When the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals( RSPCA) arrived to make the rescue, they had to call for backup. Deputy Chief Inspector Nicole Broster told the outlet that firefighters had to use car-crash rescue machinery to remove the section of the fence the cat was trapped on. The male ginger and white cat was found at 3:50 a.m. on March 9. ( SWNS) WHY YOUR PET ’S FOOD BOWL COULD BE MAKING YOU SICK When I got there I was incredibly shocked — in all my years with the RSPCA I have never seen anything like it. This poor cat literally had two metal posts protruding through his body.

3. Amnesty International:

   The flogging of Raif Badawi is a vicious act of cruelty which is prohibited under international law, by ignoring international calls to cancel the flogging Saudi Arabia's authorities have demonstrated an abhorrent disregard for the most basic human rights principles.

4. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic:

   Britney Spears testified under oath about James Spears cruelty and toxic presence in Britney Spears life, there’s a mountain of evidence mandating James Spears suspension.

5. Brian Fallon:

   Trump mocking Dr. Blasey Ford at a rally makes it clear : if these so-called Senate moderates vote for Kavanaugh now, they are siding with Trump's cruelty over the bravery of a sexual assault survivor.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CRUELTY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cruelty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CRUELTY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CRUELTY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CRUELTY