Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brutality

2 senses of brutality

Sense 1
ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery -- (the trait of extreme cruelty)
       => cruelty, cruelness, harshness -- (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)

Sense 2
brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery -- (a brutal barbarous savage act)
       => atrocity, inhumanity -- (an act of atrocious cruelty)