Barbarity and Wantonness

Barbarity

Barbarity noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: more than one reluctant dental patient has been tempted to level the charge of barbarity against their dentist

Wantonness and barbarity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wantonness" instead a noun "Barbarity".

Wantonness

Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

Barbarity and wantonness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barbarity" instead a noun "Wantonness".
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Wantonness and Barbarity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/barbarity/wantonness
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