Cruelty and Outrage

Cruelty

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

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

Nearby Words: cruel, cruelly

Outrage noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Cruelty and outrage are semantically related in atrocity topic. Sometimes you can use "Cruelty" instead a noun "Outrage".

mass	mass cruelty	mass outrage
utter	utter cruelty	utter outrage
sheer	sheer cruelty	sheer outrage
obvious	obvious cruelty	obvious outrage
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, great, intense, absolute, merciless, general, immense, justified.

They're sure to get the blood pumping, although whether that's from the excitement of watching the fight or outrage at seeing such cruelty depends on the observer.

Source: Beastly Bloodsports
A weird guy in a grungy apartment can manage to have a show (which appears mysteriously) where he basically commits various acts of animal cruelty, manages to make it darkly hilarious and gets absolutely no public outrage or Animal Control visits.

Source: Film / UHF

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