| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| cruel or inhumane treatment |
abuse
,
ill-treatment
,
ill-usage
,
maltreatment
|
| act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities |
animalisation
,
animalization
,
brutalisation
,
brutalization
|
| quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane |
atrociousness
,
atrocity
,
barbarity
,
barbarousness
,
heinousness
|
| cruel act |
atrocity
,
enormity
,
outrage
|
| cruel and oppressive dictator |
autocrat
,
despot
,
tyrant
|
| cruel, very |
bestial
,
flagitious
,
implacable
,
inexorable
,
remorseless
|
| condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner |
brutalisation
,
brutalization
|
| cruel person |
brute
|
| cruel and brutal fellow |
bully
,
hooligan
,
roughneck
,
rowdy
,
ruffian
,
tough
,
yob
,
yobbo
,
yobo
|
| quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance |
cruelness
,
cruelty
,
harshness
|
| cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering |
cruelty
,
inhuman treatment
|
| cruel wicked and inhuman person |
demon
,
devil
,
fiend
,
monster
,
ogre
|
| wicked and cruel behavior |
devilry
,
deviltry
|
| cruel in the extreme |
draconian
,
fell
,
truculent
|
| fierce and cruel |
fell
,
malicious
,
vicious
|
| wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC) |
Jezebel
|
| wantonly cruel act |
outrage
|
| cruel treatment |
persecution
|
| cruel and perverted |
sadistic
|
| cruel woman |
she-devil
|
