cruelty

[US]/ˈkruːəlti/
[UK]/ˈkruːəlti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ubora wa kuwa mchoyo; tabibu inayosausisha uharimu mwili au akili kwa wengine.
Word Forms
Pluralcruelties

Phrases & Collocations

act of cruelty

kitendo cha ukali

senseless cruelty

ukali usio na maana

inflict cruelty

kuleta ukali

unjust cruelty

ukali usio na haki

cruelty towards animals

ukali kwa wanyama

emotional cruelty

ukali wa kihisia

cruelty-free products

bidhaa ambazo hazitoi ukali

Example Sentences

Cruelty is the contrary of kindness.

Uvimbi ni kinyume na fadhili.

remonstrate against cruelty to a dog

Kukashifu dhidi ya uvimbi kwa mbwa

Lying and cruelty are vices.

Uongo na uvimbi ni vitendo vya ubaya.

expose their duplicity and cruelty and

kuwafunua uongo na ukali wao na

we can't stand cruelty to animals.

Hatuna uwezo wa kuvumilia uvimbi kwa wanyama.

laws prohibiting cruelty to animals.

Sheria zinazokataza ukali kwa wanyama.

Cruelty incenses kind people.

Uvimbi hushtua watu wema.

There is a streak of cruelty in his character.

Kuna uwezo wa uvimbi katika tabia yake.

She abhors cruelty to animals.

Yeye anakubali ukali kwa wanyama.

Such cruelty revolted him.

Uvimbi kama hilo kilitiua.

the enemy left no manner of cruelty unexercised that day.

Adui hakuacha njia yoyote ya uvimbi ambayo haijatumiwa siku hiyo.

the virus of cruelty that is latent in all human beings.

virus wa ukali ambao ni latent katika binadamu wote.

His cruelty was only one remove from crime.

Uvimbi lake kilikuwa karibu na uhalifu.

Cruelty to animals makes him see red.

Uvimbi kwa wanyama humfanya amshike hasira.

ruthless cruelty; ruthless opportunism.

Uvimbi kali; uwezekano wa kuchukua fursa kwa njia ya ukali.

The King's cruelty excited a rising of the people.

Uovu wa mfalme uliwasababisha watu kuamka.

Nothing will excuse his cruelty to his children.

Hakuna chocho kitakayomtetea kwa uvimbi kwake kwa watoto wake.

Cruelty an injustice often make our blood boil.

Uvimbi na ukabila mara nyingi hutuletea hasira.

Real-world Examples

He captures birds only to let them go when he realizes the cruelty involved.

Yeye anakamata ndege ili aziruhusu kwenda alipoona unyanyasaji uliomo.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Behind the gun, Wilson smiled with a new and quiet cruelty.

Nyuma ya bunduki, Wilson alitabasamu kwa unyanyasifu mpya na wa kimya.

Source: VOA Special April 2019 Collection

Harvard says the new order's cruelty is surpassed only by its recklessness.

Harvard inasema unyanyasifu wa utaratibu mpya unazidi tu kwa ukosefu wake.

Source: CRI Online August 2020 Collection

Corrie initially could not accept his, the memories of the man's cruelties still strong.

Corrie mwanzo hakuwa na uwezo wa kukubali yake, kumbukumbu za unyanyasaji wa yule mwanadamu bado zikikuwa kali.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.

Tumeona hotuba zetu zimeharibika kwa unyanyasifu wa kawaida.

Source: PBS English News

Will be unhappy ending a way to emphasize the cruelty of slavery

Itakuwa mwisho wa kusikitisha njia ya kusisitiza unyanyasaji wa utumwa.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

Phrasebooks offer the chance to eavesdrop on quieter colonial cruelties in the drawing rooms of empire.

Vitabu vya misimbo hutoa nafasi ya kusikiliza kwa siri unyanyasaji wa kikoloni wa utulivu katika vyumba vya kuchora vya himaya.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Witnessing all the cruelty, humiliation, and atrocities around him, Frankl had every reason to lose hope.

Ukiyelekeza macho kwa unyanyasaji wote, udhalili, na mauaji ya kimbunga karibu naye, Frankl aliogopa kuwa na kila sababu ya kupoteza tumaini.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

They are also against cruelty to animals.

Wao pia wanapinga unyanyasaji wa wanyama.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

No. - You were accused of animal cruelty.

Hapana. - Ulimekukiwa kwa unyanyasaji wa wanyama.

Source: Go blank axis version

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