Cruelty
Cruelty noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Malignancy and cruelty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malignancy" instead a noun "Cruelty".
Malignancy
Malignancy noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs
Cruelty and malignancy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruelty" instead a noun "Malignancy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- meanness and cruelty
- meanness and malignancy
- evil and cruelty
- evil and malignancy
- bitterness and cruelty
- bitterness and malignancy
- injustice and cruelty
- injustice and malignancy
- depravity and cruelty
- depravity and malignancy
- badness and cruelty
- badness and malignancy
- wickedness and cruelty
- wickedness and malignancy
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Malignancy and Cruelty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelty/malignancy
Cruelty & Malignancy. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelty/malignancy>.
Malignancy or Cruelty. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelty/malignancy.
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