Brutality and Infamy

Brutality

Brutality noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

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Infamy and brutality are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Infamy" instead a noun "Brutality".

Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

Infamy noun - The state of having lost the esteem of others.

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Brutality and infamy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutality" instead a noun "Infamy".

Nearby Words: infamous, infamously

sheer	sheer brutality	sheer infamy
actual	actual brutality	actual infamy
great	great brutality	great infamy
little	little brutality	little infamy
Other adjectives: bad, extra, greater.

Technically this is just "whip" in Russian, but the brutality of serf flogging with this whip lends the term infamy.

Source: A Taste of the Lash

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