noun (plural cruelties)
1 [U] (to sb/sth) behaviour that causes pain or suffering to others, especially deliberately:
cruelty to animals * The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
2 [C,usually pl.] a cruel action:
Frightening cruelties were inflicted on child factory workers well into the 19th century.
3 [C,U] something that happens that seems unfair:
the cruelties of life
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for cruelty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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