Cruelty and Torment

Cruelty

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

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

Nearby Words: cruel, cruelly

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

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Cruelty and torment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cruelty" instead a noun "Torment".

Nearby Words: tormented, tormenting, tormentor

emotional	emotional cruelty	emotional torment
physical	physical cruelty	physical torment
pure	pure cruelty	pure torment
endless	endless cruelty	endless torment
Other adjectives: brutal, petty, constant, extreme, great, hellish, inner, mental, further, extra, immense, unspeakable, unimaginable, added, horrific, unneeded, worse, sadistic.

Fist of the North Star features many villains who enjoy inflicting torment and cruelty on the innocent.

Source: Sadist
Also, her cruelty comes from her inner torment over being a lesbian who is in love with her best friend.

Source: Alpha Bitch / Live-Action TV
The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Source: Obliviously Evil

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Torment and Cruelty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelty/torment

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