1. Atrocité.
2. Excès.
3. Rigueur.
ETYM From Barbarous.
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech.
ETYM Old Fren. cruelté, French cruauté, from Latin crudelitas, from crudelis. Related to Cruel.
1. A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering; SYN. inhuman treatment.
2. Feelings of extreme heartlessness; SYN. mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness.
3. The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance; SYN. cruelness, harshness.
Extreme stinginess; SYN. minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness.