Antonyms for cruelty
ˈkru əl ticru·el·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. cruelty

   Antonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Synonyms:
   hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

Matched Categories

1. • Heartlessness
   • Malevolence
   • Maltreatment

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cruelty, inhuman treatmentnoun

   a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

   Synonyms:
   pitilessness, inhuman treatment, harshness, cruelness, ruthlessness, mercilessness

2. cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessnessnoun

   feelings of extreme heartlessness

   Synonyms:
   harshness, unmercifulness, pitilessness, mercilessness, ruthlessness, cruelness, inhuman treatment

3. cruelty, cruelness, harshnessnoun

   the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

   Synonyms:
   mercilessness, rigor, pitilessness, inclemency, roughness, hardness, ruthlessness, scratchiness, stiffness, harshness, cruelness, severeness, rigorousness, inhuman treatment, abrasiveness, severity, rigourousness, rigour

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1. peace

   Submitted by anonymous on August 30, 2020  

How to use cruelty in a sentence?

1. Elizabeth Warren:

   The Donald Trump administrations cruelty runs bone-deep. A Elizabeth Warren administration will not rip families apart to try and score political points, the aim is to scare immigrant communities. ... And so, hes going to... do these raids which is a crime against humanity.

2. Hailey Chang:

   I think the public would also be shocked to know what happens behind closed doors in laboratories across China, where the country has no effective and enforced anti-animal cruelty law.

3. Marquis de Sade:

   Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.

4. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev:

   Their actions showed the presence of a clear plan of attacks on military, administrative and social facilities in almost all areas, coherent coordination of actions, high combat readiness and bestial cruelty, they need to be destroyed.

5. Asya Engovatova:

   Batu Khans conquest was the greatest national tragedy, surpassing any other event in cruelty and destruction, it is not by chance that it is among the few such events that made its way into the Russian folklore.

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