Cruelty and Malevolence

Cruelty

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

Usage example: centuries after he ravaged Europe, Attila the Hun remains notorious for his cruelty

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Malevolence and cruelty are semantically related In some cases you can use "Malevolence" instead a noun "Cruelty".

Nearby Words: cruel, cruelly

Malevolence noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Usage example: only mindless malevolence would explain this cruel vandalism

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Cruelty and malevolence are semantically related in malice topic. Sometimes you can use "Cruelty" instead a noun "Malevolence".

Nearby Words: malevolent, malevolently

emotional	emotional cruelty	emotional malevolence
human	human cruelty	human malevolence
pure	pure cruelty	pure malevolence
natural	natural cruelty	natural malevolence
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, real, vicious, absolute, inherent, incredible, outright, further, occasional.

In Batman The Black Mirror, Batman discovers an underground society named Mirror House run by a man named the Dealer who hosts auctions of super-villain objects as a way to celebrate the belief that cruelty and malevolence is humanity's "divine spark."

Source: Religion of Evil
SHODAN defines malevolence, cruelty, and insanity.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Video Games

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