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English noun: cruelness

1. cruelness (attribute) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance


Synonymscruelty, harshness


Broader (hypernym)malevolence, malevolency, malice


Narrower (hyponym)brutality, ferociousness, murderousness, savagery, viciousness









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