cruelty

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuː(.ə)lti/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈkɹʉwltɪj]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈkɹʊwltɪj]
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• US: /ˈkɹu(.ə)lti/
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• CMU ARPABET: K R UW1 L T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cruelte, from Old French crualté (French cruauté), from Latin crudelitas. By surface analysis, cruel + -ty.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَسْوَة (qaswa) — indifference to suffering
• Arabic: وَحْشِيَّة (waḥšiyya) — indifference to suffering
• Armenian: դաժանություն (dažanutʻyun) — indifference to suffering
• Asturian: crueldá — indifference to suffering
• Belarusian: жо́рсткасць (žórstkascʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Belarusian: лю́тасць (ljútascʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Bulgarian: жесто́кост (žestókost) — indifference to suffering
• Bulgarian: свире́пост (svirépost) — indifference to suffering
• Catalan: crueltat — indifference to suffering
• Chechen: къизалла (qʼizalla) — indifference to suffering
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘忍 /残忍 (cánrěn) — indifference to suffering
• Czech: krutost — indifference to suffering
• Danish: grusomhed — indifference to suffering
• Dutch: wreedheid — indifference to suffering
• Dutch: wreedte — indifference to suffering
• Dutch: gruwzaamheid — indifference to suffering
• Esperanto: krueleco — indifference to suffering
• French: cruauté — indifference to suffering
• Friulian: crudeltât — indifference to suffering
• Galician: crueldade — indifference to suffering
• Georgian: შეუბრალებლობა (šeubralebloba) — indifference to suffering
• Georgian: ულმობელობა (ulmobeloba) — indifference to suffering
• Georgian: სისასტიკე (sisasṭiḳe) — indifference to suffering
• Georgian: დაუნდობლობა (daundobloba) — indifference to suffering
• German: Grausamkeit — indifference to suffering
• Ancient Greek: ὠμότης (ōmótēs) — indifference to suffering
• Hindi: क्रूरता (krūrtā) — indifference to suffering
• Hindi: निर्दयता (nirdaytā) — indifference to suffering
• Hindi: बर्बरता (barbartā) — indifference to suffering
• Irish: ainiocht — indifference to suffering
• Irish: cruáil — indifference to suffering
• Irish: cruálacht — indifference to suffering
• Irish: danarthacht — indifference to suffering
• Irish: neamhdhuineatacht — indifference to suffering
• Irish: turcántacht — indifference to suffering
• Italian: crudeltà — indifference to suffering
• Japanese: 残酷さ (zankoku-sa) — indifference to suffering
• Kazakh: қатыгездік (qatygezdık) — indifference to suffering
• Korean: 잔학 (janhak) — indifference to suffering
• Latin: immānitās — indifference to suffering
• Latvian: cietsirdība — indifference to suffering
• Latvian: nežēlība — indifference to suffering
• Macedonian: свирепост (svirepost) — indifference to suffering
• Macedonian: суровост (surovost) — indifference to suffering
• Norwegian Bokmål: grusomhet — indifference to suffering
• Occitan: crudeltat — indifference to suffering
• Occitan: cruseltat — indifference to suffering
• Old English: wælhrēownes — indifference to suffering
• Polish: okrucieństwo — indifference to suffering
• Portuguese: crueldade — indifference to suffering
• Romanian: cruzime — indifference to suffering
• Russian: жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Russian: безжа́лостность (bezžálostnostʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Russian: бессерде́чность (besserdéčnostʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Russian: свире́пость (svirépostʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneastachd — indifference to suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-thruacantachd — indifference to suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: окрутност — indifference to suffering
• Serbo-Croatian: okrutnost — indifference to suffering
• Slovak: krutosť — indifference to suffering
• Slovene: krutost — indifference to suffering
• Spanish: crueldad — indifference to suffering
• Swedish: grymhet — indifference to suffering
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسزلك (dinsizlik) — indifference to suffering
• Ukrainian: жорсто́кість (žorstókistʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Ukrainian: безсерде́чність (bezserdéčnistʹ) — indifference to suffering
• Uzbek: shafqatsizlik — indifference to suffering
• Asturian: crueldá — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Bulgarian: жесто́кост (žestókost) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Catalan: crueltat — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Czech: krutost — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Dutch: wreedheid — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Dutch: wreedte — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Dutch: gruwzaamheid — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Esperanto: krueleco — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• French: cruauté — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Galician: crueldade — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• German: Grausamkeit — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Hebrew: אכזריות (akhzariut) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Hindi: क्रूरता (krūrtā) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Hindi: निर्ममता (nirmamtā) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Irish: ainiocht — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Irish: cruáil — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Irish: cruálacht — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Irish: danarthacht — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Irish: neamhdhuineatacht — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Irish: turcántacht — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Italian: crudeltà — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Kazakh: жауыздық (jauyzdyq) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Latin: crūdēlitās — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Norwegian Bokmål: grusomhet — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Portuguese: perversidade — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Romanian: cruzime — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Russian: жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneastachd — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-thruacantachd — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Spanish: crueldad — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسزلك (dinsizlik) — positive pleasure in inflicting suffering
• Asturian: crueldá — cruel act
• Catalan: crueltat — cruel act
• Czech: krutost — cruel act
• Dutch: wreedheid — cruel act
• Esperanto: kruelaĵo — cruel act
• Galician: crueldade — cruel act
• Georgian: შეუბრალებლობა (šeubralebloba) — cruel act
• Georgian: დაუნდობლობა (daundobloba) — cruel act
• Georgian: სისასტიკე (sisasṭiḳe) — cruel act
• Georgian: ულმობელობა (ulmobeloba) — cruel act
• German: Grausamkeit — cruel act
• German: Quälerei — cruel act
• Hindi: क्रूरता (krūrtā) — cruel act
• Indonesian: kejahatan — cruel act
• Italian: crudeltà — cruel act
• Kazakh: жауыздық (jauyzdyq) — cruel act
• Malayalam: ക്രൂരത (krūrata) — cruel act
• Middle English: tyraundise — cruel act
• Middle English: tyrauntrie — cruel act
• Norwegian Bokmål: grusomhet — cruel act
• Portuguese: crueldade — cruel act
• Romanian: cruzime — cruel act
• Russian: жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) — cruel act
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneastachd — cruel act
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-thruacantachd — cruel act
• Spanish: crueldad — cruel act
• Swedish: grymhet — cruel act
• Swedish: elakhet — cruel act
• Turkish: zulüm — cruel act