CRUELTIES

Noun

cruelties

plural of cruelty

Anagrams

• cutleries, lecturise, reticules

Source: Wiktionary


CRUELTY

Cru"el*ty (-t), n.; pl. Cruelties (-t. Etym: [OF. cruelt, F. cruaut, fr. L. crudelitas, fr. crudelis. See Cruel.]

1. The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity. Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak.

2. A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain. Cruelties worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition. Macualay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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