Usually means: Harshness and indifference to suffering.
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  1. cruelness: Merriam-Webster
  2. cruelness: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cruelness: Vocabulary.com
  4. cruelness: Wordnik
  5. cruelness: Wiktionary
  6. Cruelness, cruelness: Dictionary.com
  7. Cruelness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. cruelness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. cruelness: Rhymezone
  10. Cruelness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. cruelness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. cruelness: FreeDictionary.org
  13. cruelness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Cruelness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cruelness: Legal dictionary

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  1. cruelness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cruelness)

▸ noun:  The state of being cruel; cruelty

Similar:
harshness, cruelty, cruellty, cruel-heartedness, cruelheartedness, brutality, brutalness, crassness, crassitude, unmercifulness, more...

Opposite:
kindness, compassion, sympathy, empathy, leniency, mercy

Types:
cruelty to animals, cruelty to children, more...



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Similar:
harshness, cruelty, cruellty, cruel-heartedness, cruelheartedness, brutality, brutalness, crassness, crassitude, unmercifulness, more...

Opposite:
kindness, compassion, sympathy, empathy, leniency, mercy

Types:
cruelty to animals, cruelty to children, more...



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