4
malignancy(noun, spite, malice, meanness, nastiness)
4
relentlessness(noun, harshness, sternness, ruthlessness, pitilessness)
4
tyranny(noun, oppression, strictness, domination, coercion)
4
uncivilizedness(brutality, viciousness, savagery, crudity)
4
vernacularism(brutality, viciousness, savagery, crudity)
4
vernacularity(brutality, viciousness, savagery, crudity)
3
abuse(noun, trouble, slight, damage, evil)
3
beastliness(noun, unkindness, nastiness, spitefulness, callousness)
3
bitterness(noun, hatred, spite, meanness, nastiness)
3
coercion(force, attack, power, disorder, abuse)
3
dictatorship(noun, abuse, misery, suffering, hardship)
3
ferociousness(noun, violence, brutality, viciousness, fierceness)
3
grimness(noun, discipline, firmness, severity, harshness)
3
hardheartedness(noun, discipline, firmness, severity, harshness)
3
inclemency
3
inhuman treatment(noun, expression, idiom)
3
maltreatment(noun, abuse, harm, violence, misery)
3
offensiveness(noun, spite, meanness, viciousness, painfulness)
3
outrage
3
remorselessness(noun, coldness, hardheartedness, ruthlessness, pitilessness)
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