cruelty   (Sound)

The noun cruelty has 3 senses

• cruelty, inhuman treatment -- (a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering)


• cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness -- (feelings of extreme heartlessness)


• cruelty, cruelness, harshness -- (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)