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Russian
Etymology
жесто́кий (žestókij) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
жесто́кость • (žestókostʹ) f inan (genitive жесто́кости, nominative plural жесто́кости, genitive plural жесто́костей)
- brutality
- cruelty
Declension
Synonyms
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- безжалостность (bezžalostnostʹ), беспоща́дность (bespoščádnostʹ), бессердечие (besserdečije), бессердечность (besserdečnostʹ), бесчеловечность (besčelovečnostʹ), жестокосердие (žestokoserdije), зве́рство (zvérstvo), изуверство (izuverstvo), кровожадность (krovožadnostʹ), неи́стовство (neístovstvo), свире́пость (svirépostʹ)
- ожесточе́ние (ožestočénije), озлобле́ние (ozloblénije)