Cruelty and Misery

Cruelty

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

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Misery and cruelty are semantically related. in torment topic. In some cases you can use "Misery" instead a noun "Cruelty".

Nearby Words: cruel, cruelly

Misery noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

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Cruelty and misery are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruelty" instead a noun "Misery".

Nearby Words: miserable, miser

emotional	emotional cruelty	emotional misery
human	human cruelty	human misery
pure	pure cruelty	pure misery
utter	utter cruelty	utter misery
Other adjectives: endless, sheer, obvious, real, constant, extreme, absolute, hellish, everyday, general, pointless, further, extra, psychotic.

Caliginous has decided that life is nothing but pain, misery, cruelty and death, and should be ended in preferably the most all-encompassing fashion possible.

Source: Put Them All Out of My Misery
If he can't cause widespread misery with plans that threaten the world and beyond, he'll happily settle for petty acts of cruelty, like eating food in front of starving children.

Source: Evil Is Petty
But how bad is a quick execution, if you compare it to the slow misery of living and dying with hunger, cold, insult, cruelty and heartbreak?

Source: Useful Notes / The French Revolution aka: French Revolution

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