cruelty synonyms

torture severity outrage indifference persecution malice brutality tyranny venom coldness ferocity wickedness savagery harshness inquisition ruthlessness insensitivity atrocity barbarism despotism inhumanity sadism inflexibility fierceness callousness barbarity grimness viciousness bestiality insensibility truculence unkindness animality bloodthirstiness unmercifulness rancor barbarousness savageness unfeelingness mercilessness relentlessness heartlessness malignity unnaturalness