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Grausamkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • atrocity noun An extremely cruel or brutal act, especially against people.
  • cruelty noun The quality of deliberately causing pain or suffering, without pity.
  • ferocity noun Extreme fierceness or savage intensity.
  • savageness noun The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

Senses

Grausamkeit is used for these senses in English:

  • atrocity (countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
  • cruelty (uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
  • cruelty (countable) A cruel act.
  • ferocity The condition of being ferocious.
  • savageness The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

cruelty — full definition

  1. noun The quality of deliberately causing pain or suffering, without pity.
  2. noun A cruel act.

Related German words