cruelness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cruelness*:
NOUN	attribute	cruelness, cruelty, harshness	the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

English > *cruelness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
Synonyms	cruelty, harshness
Narrower	ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery	The trait of extreme / extreme cruelty
Narrower	murderousness	cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
Broader	malevolence, malevolency, malice	The quality of threatening evil
Spanish	crueldad
Catalan	crueltat
Adjectives	cruel	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

HyperDic: cruelness