Definitions for cruelness
cru·el·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cruelty, cruelness, harshnessnoun

   the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cruelnessnoun

   The state of being cruel; cruelty

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cruelnessnoun

   Inhumanity; cruelty.

   Etymology: from cruel.

   But she more cruel, and more savage wild,
   Than either lion or the lioness,
   Shames not to be with guiltless blood defil’d;
   She taketh glory in her cruelness. Edmund Spenser, Sonnet 20.

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1. cruelness

   Cruelty is the pleasure in inflicting suffering or inaction towards another's suffering when a clear remedy is readily available. Sadism can also be related to this form of action or concept. Cruel ways of inflicting suffering may involve violence, but affirmative violence is not necessary for an act to be cruel. For example, if a person is drowning and begging for help and another person is able to help with no cost or risk, but is merely watching with disinterest or perhaps mischievous amusement, that person is being cruel—rather than violent. George Eliot stated that "cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside itself; it only requires opportunity." Bertrand Russell stated that "the infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell." Gilbert K. Chesterton stated that "cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kind of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."The word has metaphorical uses, for example, "The cliffs remained cruel." (i.e., unclimbable when they desperately needed to be climbed) in The Lord of the Rings.

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1. cruelness

   Cruelness refers to the quality or characteristic of deliberately causing pain or suffering to others, either physically or emotionally. It involves a complete disregard for the welfare and feelings of others and a pleasure in seeing others in distress. It is often associated with malicious, brutal, harsh, or inhumane behavior and actions.

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1. Cruelnessnoun

   cruelty

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How to pronounce cruelness?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cruelness in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cruelness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cruelness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cruelness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cruelness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelness
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruelness
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cruelness