Cruelness and Pity

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

Usage example: far from being healers, the doctors in the Nazi death camps were notable for their senseless cruelness

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Pity is an antonym for cruelness.

Pity noun - A regrettable or blameworthy act.

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Cruelness is an antonym for pity.

Nearby Words: pitiful, pitiable, pitying, pitifully, pitied

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