cruelty
US: /ˈkɹuəɫti/, /ˈkɹuɫti/
UK: /kɹˈuːəlti/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cruelty /'kruəlti/- danh từ
- sự hung ác, sự tàn ác, sự tàn bạo, sự tàn nhẫn, tính độc ác, tính ác nghiệt
- hành động tàn ác
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural cruelties)1 [U] (to sb/sth) behaviour that causes pain or suffering to others, especially deliberately: cruelty to animals + The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
2 [C, usually pl.] a cruel action: Frightening cruelties were inflicted on child factory workers well into the 19th century.
3 [C, U] something that happens that seems unfair: the cruelties of life
Collocation
ADJ.
extreme, great
an act of extreme cruelty
| deliberate | mental | animal, child
Cases of child cruelty occur more often than they are observed.
VERB + CRUELTY
inflict, show (sb)
How can you inflict such cruelty on a child? Her stepmother showed her nothing but cruelty.
| suffer
The children suffered mental cruelty and neglect.
PREP.
~ to/towards
cruelty to animals
Concise dictionary
cruelties'kruːəltɪnoun
+a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
+feelings of extreme heartlessness
+the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
