"cruelty" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹuː(ə)lti/ Audio: en-us-cruelty.ogg Forms: cruelties [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cruelte, from Old French crualté (French cruauté), from Latin crudelitas. By surface analysis, cruel + -ty. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krewh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|cruelte}} Middle English cruelte, {{der|en|fro|crualté}} Old French crualté, {{cog|fr|cruauté}} French cruauté, {{der|en|la|crudelitas}} Latin crudelitas, {{surf|en|cruel|-ty}} By surface analysis, cruel + -ty Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cruelty (countable and uncountable, plural cruelties)
  1. (uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: mercilessness, barbarism, ruthlessness Translations (indifference to suffering): ὠμότης (ōmótēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), قَسْوَة (qaswa) [feminine] (Arabic), وَحْشِيَّة (waḥšiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), դաժանություն (dažanutʻyun) (Armenian), crueldá [feminine] (Asturian), жо́рсткасць (žórstkascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), лю́тасць (ljútascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), жесто́кост (žestókost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), свире́пост (svirépost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), crueltat [feminine] (Catalan), къизалла (qʼizalla) (Chechen), 殘忍 /残忍 (cánrěn) (Chinese Mandarin), krutost [feminine] (Czech), grusomhed [common-gender] (Danish), wreedheid [feminine] (Dutch), wreedte [feminine] (Dutch), gruwzaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), cruauté [feminine] (French), crudeltât [feminine] (Friulian), crueldade [feminine] (Galician), შეუბრალებლობა (šeubralebloba) (Georgian), ულმობელობა (ulmobeloba) (Georgian), სისასტიკე (sisasṭiḳe) (Georgian), დაუნდობლობა (daundobloba) (Georgian), Grausamkeit [feminine] (German), क्रूरता (krūrtā) [feminine] (Hindi), ainiocht [feminine] (Irish), cruáil [feminine] (Irish), cruálacht [feminine] (Irish), danarthacht [feminine] (Irish), neamhdhuineatacht [feminine] (Irish), turcántacht [feminine] (Irish), crudeltà [feminine] (Italian), 残酷さ (zankoku-sa) (alt: ざんこくさ) (Japanese), 잔학 (janhak) (Korean), immānitās [feminine] (Latin), свирепост (svirepost) [feminine] (Macedonian), суровост (surovost) [feminine] (Macedonian), grusomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), crudeltat [feminine] (Occitan), cruseltat [feminine] (Occitan), wælhrēownes [feminine] (Old English), دینسزلك (dinsizlik) (Ottoman Turkish), okrucieństwo [neuter] (Polish), crueldade [feminine] (Portuguese), cruzime [feminine] (Romanian), жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), безжа́лостность (bezžálostnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бессерде́чность (besserdéčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), свире́пость (svirépostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), mì-chneastachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), neo-thruacantachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), окрутност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), okrutnost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krutosť [feminine] (Slovak), krutost [feminine] (Slovene), crueldad [feminine] (Spanish), grymhet [common-gender] (Swedish), жорсто́кість (žorstókistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), безсерде́чність (bezserdéčnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), shafqatsizlik (Uzbek) Translations (positive pleasure in inflicting suffering): crueldá [feminine] (Asturian), жесто́кост (žestókost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), crueltat [feminine] (Catalan), krutost [feminine] (Czech), wreedheid [feminine] (Dutch), wreedte [feminine] (Dutch), gruwzaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), cruauté [feminine] (French), crueldade [feminine] (Galician), Grausamkeit [feminine] (German), אכזריות (akhzariut) [feminine] (Hebrew), ainiocht [feminine] (Irish), cruáil [feminine] (Irish), cruálacht [feminine] (Irish), danarthacht [feminine] (Irish), neamhdhuineatacht [feminine] (Irish), turcántacht [feminine] (Irish), crudeltà [feminine] (Italian), crūdēlitās [feminine] (Latin), grusomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), دینسزلك (dinsizlik) (Ottoman Turkish), perversidade [feminine] (Portuguese), cruzime [feminine] (Romanian), жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), mì-chneastachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), neo-thruacantachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), crueldad (Spanish)
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  2. (countable) A cruel act. Tags: countable Translations (cruel act): crueldá [feminine] (Asturian), crueltat [feminine] (Catalan), krutost [feminine] (Czech), wreedheid [feminine] (Dutch), crueldade [feminine] (Galician), შეუბრალებლობა (šeubralebloba) (Georgian), დაუნდობლობა (daundobloba) (Georgian), სისასტიკე (sisasṭiḳe) (Georgian), ულმობელობა (ulmobeloba) (Georgian), Grausamkeit [feminine] (German), Quälerei [feminine] (German), kejahatan (Indonesian), crudeltà [feminine] (Italian), ക്രൂരത (krūrata) (Malayalam), tyraundise (Middle English), tyrauntrie (Middle English), grusomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), crueldade [feminine] (Portuguese), cruzime [feminine] (Romanian), жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), mì-chneastachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), neo-thruacantachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), crueldad (Spanish), grymhet [common-gender] (Swedish), elakhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cruelty-en-noun-9UrZ91ls Disambiguation of 'cruel act': 2 98
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Synonyms: cruellty [obsolete], cruelltie [obsolete] Derived forms: anticruelty, cruelty-free, mental cruelty

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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "qʼizalla",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "къизалла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cánrěn",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "殘忍 /残忍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krutost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "grusomhed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wreedheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wreedte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gruwzaamheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruauté"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crudeltât"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeubralebloba",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "შეუბრალებლობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ulmobeloba",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "ულმობელობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sisasṭiḳe",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "სისასტიკე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daundobloba",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "დაუნდობლობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grausamkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ōmótēs",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ὠμότης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "krūrtā",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "क्रूरता"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ainiocht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruáil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruálacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "danarthacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "neamhdhuineatacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "turcántacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crudeltà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "alt": "ざんこくさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zankoku-sa",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "残酷さ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "janhak",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "잔학"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "immānitās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "svirepost",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "свирепост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "surovost",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "суровост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grusomhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crudeltat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruseltat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wælhrēownes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dinsizlik",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "دینسزلك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "okrucieństwo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruzime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žestókostʹ",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жесто́кость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezžálostnostʹ",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "безжа́лостность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "besserdéčnostʹ",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бессерде́чность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svirépostʹ",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "свире́пость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mì-chneastachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "neo-thruacantachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "окрутност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okrutnost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krutosť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krutost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "grymhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žorstókistʹ",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жорсто́кість"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bezserdéčnistʹ",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "безсерде́чність"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "indifference to suffering",
          "word": "shafqatsizlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žestókost",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жесто́кост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueltat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krutost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wreedheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wreedte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gruwzaamheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruauté"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grausamkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "akhzariut",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אכזריות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ainiocht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruáil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruálacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "danarthacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "neamhdhuineatacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "turcántacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crudeltà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crūdēlitās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grusomhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dinsizlik",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "word": "دینسزلك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perversidade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cruzime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žestókostʹ",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жесто́кость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mì-chneastachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "neo-thruacantachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
          "word": "crueldad"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1788 June, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, “Mr. Sheridan’s Speech, on Summing Up the Evidence on the Second, or Begum Charge against Warren Hastings, Esq., Delivered before the High Court of Parliament, June 1788”, in Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks by N[athaniel] Chapman, M.D., volume I, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Published by Hopkins and Earle, no. 170, Market Street, published 1808, →OCLC, page 474:",
          "text": "The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980 December 27, Walter Williams, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 15:",
          "text": "Gay songwriter behind bars! Needs sincere letter to help ease the tension from cruelties inside the joint.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cruel act."
      ],
      "id": "en-cruelty-en-noun-9UrZ91ls",
      "links": [
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable) A cruel act."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueltat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krutost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wreedheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crueldade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeubralebloba",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "word": "შეუბრალებლობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daundobloba",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "word": "დაუნდობლობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sisasṭiḳe",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "word": "სისასტიკე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ulmobeloba",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "word": "ულმობელობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grausamkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cruel act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Quälerei"
        },
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          "text": "The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cruálacht"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "turcántacht"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krutost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indifference to suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueldad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indifference to suffering",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grymhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žorstókistʹ",
      "sense": "indifference to suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жорсто́кість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezserdéčnistʹ",
      "sense": "indifference to suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безсерде́чність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "indifference to suffering",
      "word": "shafqatsizlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueldá"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žestókost",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жесто́кост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueltat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krutost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wreedheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wreedte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gruwzaamheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cruauté"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueldade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grausamkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "akhzariut",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אכזריות"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ainiocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cruáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cruálacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danarthacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neamhdhuineatacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turcántacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crudeltà"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crūdēlitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grusomhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dinsizlik",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "word": "دینسزلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perversidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cruzime"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žestókostʹ",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жесто́кость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mì-chneastachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neo-thruacantachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "positive pleasure in inflicting suffering",
      "word": "crueldad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueldá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueltat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krutost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wreedheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueldade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeubralebloba",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "შეუბრალებლობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daundobloba",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "დაუნდობლობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sisasṭiḳe",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "სისასტიკე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ulmobeloba",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "ულმობელობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grausamkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Quälerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "kejahatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crudeltà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "krūrata",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "ക്രൂരത"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "tyraundise"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "tyrauntrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grusomhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crueldade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cruzime"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žestókostʹ",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жесто́кость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mì-chneastachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neo-thruacantachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "word": "crueldad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grymhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cruel act",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "elakhet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cruelty"
}

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