Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cruelty; inhumanity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Cruelty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
cruel ;cruelty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
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Examples
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If you're wondering what "cruelness" is, it's "cruelty" as mentioned by someone who only knows 12 English words.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains. 2010
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If you're wondering what "cruelness" is, it's "cruelty" as mentioned by someone who only knows 12 English words.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains. 2010
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Arpaio's cruelness reaches epic proportions when detained pregnant woman are forced to give birth handcuffed to gurneys.
Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues Zack de la Rocha 2010
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Arpaio's cruelness reaches epic proportions when detained pregnant woman are forced to give birth handcuffed to gurneys.
Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues Zack de la Rocha 2010
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My issue with the death penalty (for murder, child rape or any rape for that matter) has nothing to do with the morality or cruelness off it.
I am okay with executing Child Rapists « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008
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Then I woke up and the cruelness of reality smashed in my skull again.
mrbradley Diary Entry mrbradley 2009
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It radiates a Goth passion, a combination of lust and cruelness: the metal rounded quarter of an egg shaped, lead-hued metal in contrast to the blood-red transparent glass within which beats the cold-heart of a contemporary vixen.
Archive 2009-02-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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It radiates a Goth passion, a combination of lust and cruelness: the metal rounded quarter of an egg shaped, lead-hued metal in contrast to the blood-red transparent glass within which beats the cold-heart of a contemporary vixen.
Kingdom Ayala Sender 2009
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Sometimes fate can be cruel and for eight years the cruelness has permeated every aspect of American society.
Gore Returns to Florida, on Obama’s Behalf - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Yes, cruelness, crudeness, & tastelessness can be a property of both humor and humorless jokes.
"There are no moral or immoral jokes. A joke is either funny or it is not. That is all." Ann Althouse 2008
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