abusiveness

noun

Definition of abusivenessnext
as in cruelty

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  1. cruelty
  2. hatred
  3. malevolence
  4. malice
  5. spite
  6. malignancy
  7. hostility
  8. malignity
Noun
  • Blood is seen pouring out of skinned animals, the near-constant cruelty of the state’s differing climates is apparent and the ruthless, murderous human beings driven by capitalism and colonialism are lethal.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Meagan Ann Dixon, 44, is charged with murder, child endangerment and multiple counts of cruelty to animals in connection to the slayings, Sutter County Superior Court records show.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of cruelty
Noun
  • To understand why Germans at different levels of society backed Hitler, scholars often cite people’s deep commitment to Nazi ideology; the hatred of Jews, homosexuals, Romani, or Communists; or sheer psychopathic sadism.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Platforms originally designed to connect people and foster communities are being weaponized to spread hatred and violence.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • The message is the malevolence of AI for the most part.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Nicolas Cage went for a high-concept ghoul in Longlegs; Hugh Grant reveled in professorial malevolence in Heretic; Naomi Scott unraveled in the face of grinning death in Smile 2.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of malevolence
Noun
  • The jury in the trial, heard in a Bay County, Fla., court, will be asked to determine whether CNN journalists acted with actual malice, which is defined as the publication of false information with reckless disregard of the truth.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Some of the rebels were jihadists (more on that in a moment), but Assad directed his malice universally—and, if anything, more violently toward non-jihadists, whose only demand was freedom from Assad and his cronies.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of malice
Noun
  • However, some resettled Venezuelans expressed positive views about the incoming president — painting him as the opposite of their country’s socialist leader, Nicolás Maduro — in spite of Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants without legal status.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
  • In spite of some sound issues with the 12-piece band too often overwhelming the singers, the performances burst with charm and energy.
    Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of spite
Noun
  • The American Cancer Society identifies it as a factor in 40% of all cancer cases and 50% of cancer deaths, with clear links to malignancies of the uterus, esophagus, kidney, liver and gallbladder.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Mustang Bio's pipeline focuses on CAR T therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, with ongoing collaborations with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and City of Hope.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of malignancy
Noun
  • For example, shrinking the size and scope of government is a goal which could help the country, but reducing or trimming government programs for almost any constituency would be fraught with hostility and political costs.
    Frank Lavin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • While the temporary pause in hostilities provides reprieve for the Gazan civilians, Hamas and their ideological allies are claiming the agreement as a victory.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • His Cyrano is the play’s hero, even if the character’s psychological limitations are as much a factor in the story as the machinations of De Guiche, whose malignity is sent up in Nathanson’s flamboyantly comic turn.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
  • For a decade, the central drama of Trumpism has concerned the Republican élites who continued to support him—the story has been about their malignity, or opportunism, or willful moral blindness.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2023
Definition of malignity
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