Cruel act

Synonyms for "cruel act" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)

atrocity barbarity brutal

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)

brutality cruelty harshinhuman act

Related words (7)

Adjective(5 words)

inhumaneinhumane actmalicious punitive severe

Noun(2 words)

inhumanity unkindness

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries

action deed event incidentmoral attributeoffense wrongdoing

More specific

17 entries

abuseanimal crueltybarbarous batterychild abusedraconian genocide harsh inhumane massacre mistreatment punitive sadistic stern torture vicious

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

9 entries

animal crueltycruel intentcruel punishmentcruel regimecruel treatmentdeliberate crueltygrave wrongdoingheinous actintentional harm

Inflections

3 entries

cruel actscrueler cruellest

Derivations

2 entries

cruelly cruelty

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