cruelty

noun

/ˈkruːəlti/

(plural cruelties)

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[uncountable] cruelty (to somebody/something) behaviour that causes physical or mental pain to others and makes them suffer, especially deliberately
- cruelty to animals
- The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
opposite kindness
Extra Examples
- Her stepmother showed her nothing but cruelty.
- How can you inflict such cruelty on a child?
- She was shocked to see such cruelty.
- The children suffered mental cruelty and neglect.
- an act of extreme cruelty
- the depths of human cruelty
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- extreme
- great
- deliberate
- …
verb + cruelty
- inflict
- show (somebody)
- suffer
- …
preposition
- cruelty to
- cruelty towards/toward
See full entry
[countable, usually plural] a cruel action
- Frightening cruelties were inflicted on child factory workers well into the 19th century.
[countable, uncountable] something that happens that seems unfair
- the cruelties of life

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crualte, based on Latin crudelitas, from crudelis, related to crudus ‘raw, rough’.

单词	cruelty
释义	cruelty noun /ˈkruːəlti/ /ˈkruːəlti/ (plural cruelties) jump to other results [uncountable] cruelty (to somebody/something) behaviour that causes physical or mental pain to others and makes them suffer, especially deliberately cruelty to animals The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife. opposite kindness Extra Examples Her stepmother showed her nothing but cruelty. How can you inflict such cruelty on a child? She was shocked to see such cruelty. The children suffered mental cruelty and neglect. an act of extreme cruelty the depths of human cruelty Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective extreme great deliberate … verb + cruelty inflict show (somebody) suffer … preposition cruelty to cruelty towards/toward See full entry [countable, usually plural] a cruel action Frightening cruelties were inflicted on child factory workers well into the 19th century. [countable, uncountable] something that happens that seems unfair the cruelties of life Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crualte, based on Latin crudelitas, from crudelis, related to crudus ‘raw, rough’.
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