cruelty
noun/ˈkɹuː(ə)lti/
Etymology
From Middle English cruelte, from Old French crualté (French cruauté), from Latin crudelitas. By surface analysis, cruel + -ty.
- derived from crudelitas
- derived from crualté
- inherited from cruelte
Definitions
An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
- YSL, as he is often called, is equally capable of casual, aristocratic cruelty and earthy, spontaneous tenderness, and when you study his face it can be hard to distinguish boredom from rapture.
A cruel act.
- Gay songwriter behind bars! Needs sincere letter to help ease the tension from cruelties inside the joint.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cruelty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA