Barbarousness
Barbarousness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the utter barbarousness of slavery outraged the abolitionists
Malevolence and barbarousness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malevolence" instead a noun "Barbarousness".
Malevolence
Malevolence noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Barbarousness and malevolence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barbarousness" instead a noun "Malevolence".
Nearby Words: malevolent, malevolently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and barbarousness
- hostility and malevolence
- animosity and barbarousness
- animosity and malevolence
- meanness and barbarousness
- meanness and malevolence
- depravity and barbarousness
- depravity and malevolence
- badness and barbarousness
- badness and malevolence
- wickedness and barbarousness
- wickedness and malevolence
- ill will and barbarousness
- ill will and malevolence
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