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Definition of Cruelness
1. Noun. The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
Specialized synonyms: Brutality, Ferociousness, Savagery, Viciousness, Murderousness
Generic synonyms: Malevolence, Malevolency, Malice
Derivative terms: Cruel, Harsh
Definition of Cruelness
1. n. Cruelty.
Definition of Cruelness
1. Noun. The state of being cruel; cruelty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cruelness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruelness
Literary usage of Cruelness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of James Pilkington by James Pilkington, John Morwen (1842)
"Some would think it cruelness to kill the beasts which made no fault; and other
would think it holiness to save for God's sacrifice the fattest and fairest ..."
2. Medieval Lore: An Epitome of the Science, Geography, Animal and Plant Folk by Bartholomaeus (1893)
"And though it be so that he be smitten or sticked with a spear through the body,
yet for the greater ire and cruelness in heart that he hath, ..."
3. A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines by Legh Richmond (1817)
"The head hath not rule over the other parts, that it should use any tyranny or
cruelness over the other parts. So the man is the head over the woman, ..."
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