History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
brutality

great cruelty

cruel treatment

cruelty

(an act of) readiness to cause pain or suffering to others

brutality, harshness

impropriety

the state of being indecent

bad taste, mistake

inhumanity

(an instance of) the absence of pity; cruelty

lack of compassion

malapropism

an incorrect use of a word that is similar to another one, such as 'a city with many aversions' (for diversions)

abuse; wrong application

misuse

(an instance of) using power, an instrument, money etc wrongly

abuse; wrong application

outrage

(an act of) extreme violence, cruelty or indecency; to offend, shock, (a person) greatly

atrocity, evil

BARBARISM as in Wiktionary
BARBARISM as in Wikipedia