1. (n.) The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.

2. (n.) An inhuman act.

Adam Gothicism Neanderthalism abominableness acuteness animalism animality atrociousness atrocity awfulness barbarism barbarity barbarousness baseness beastliness bestiality bloodiness bloodlust bloodthirst bloodthirstiness bloody-mindedness brutalness brutishness cannibalism carnal nature carnal-mindedness carnality coarseness contemptibleness cruelness cruelty despicableness destructiveness detestableness direness disgustingness dreadfulness earthiness egregiousness extremity fallen nature fallen state ferociousness ferocity fiendishness fierceness filth flesh fleshliness force foulness fulsomeness furiousness grossness harshness hatefulness heinousness horribleness ill breeding impetuosity impoliteness incivility inclemency infamousness inhumaneness inhumanity intensity lapsed state loathsomeness lousiness malignity materialism mercilessness mindlessness murderousness nastiness nefariousness noisomeness nonspirituality notoriousness obnoxiousness odiousness offensiveness outrageousness philistinism pitilessness postlapsarian state rankness repulsiveness rigor rottenness roughness ruthlessness sadism sadistic cruelty sanguineousness savagery savagism scandalousness scurviness severity shabbiness shamefulness sharpness shoddiness sordidness squalidness squalor swinishness terribleness terrorism the Old Adam the beast the flesh the offending Adam the pits troglodytism truculence uncivilizedness uncleanness uncouthness uncultivatedness uncultivation unculturedness ungentleness unrefinement unspirituality vandalism vehemence venom viciousness vileness violence virulence wanton cruelty wildness worthlessness wretchedness