Fierceness, roughness (of the weather or the sea); cruelty, severity.

The quality of being cruel; disposition to inflict suffering; delight in or indifference to the pain or misery of others; mercilessness…

The quality of being cruel; cruelty.

The quality or state of being savage; barbarity, ferocity, cruelty; (also) an instance of this; = savagery, n. 2.

Cruelty.

= cruelty, n.

Savageness, ferocity. Obsolete.

The quality of being fierce or cruel; savage disposition, behaviour, or action. As a count noun: a cruel or savage act.

Aversion to cruelty; an instance of this. Obsolete.

With reference to a person or animal, their actions or attributes: fierceness, harshness, savagery; cruelty; malignity; an instance of this. In early…

Lack of feeling; callous cruelty. Also occasionally: lack of genuine feeling, insincerity.