anti-cruelty
adjective[before noun]
(alsoanticruelty)uk/ˌæn.tiˈkruː.əl.ti/us/ˌæn.taɪˈkruː.əl.ti/intendedorintendingtopreventorreducecruelbehaviourtowardsanimals:
Under the country's anti-crueltylaws, it isillegaltoabandonanimals.
anti-crueltyactivists
- anti-crueltylegislation/laws/measures
- She is apillarof the anti-crueltyestablishment.
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-humanitarian
- backbite
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- harshly
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- pitilessness
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungenerously
anti-cruelty
noun[U]
(alsoanticruelty)uk/ˌæn.tiˈkruː.əl.ti/us/ˌæn.taɪˈkruː.əl.ti/activitiesintendedtopreventorreducecruelbehaviourtowardsanimals:
Theorganizationplaysaleadingrolein theareasof anti-cruelty andanimalhealthservices.
- Anti-cruelty was thepriority.
- Advocates of anti-cruelty and ofanimalrightsmaydifferintheirapproaches.
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-humanitarian
- backbite
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- harshly
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- pitilessness
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungenerously