cruelness

Variant of cruel

adjective

  1. deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering; enjoying others' suffering; without mercy or pity
  2. causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.

Origin: OFr < L crudelis < crudus: see crude

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