Cruelty in Malayalam
Neither of these is a common word for cruelty today. പിശുനത (pishunatha) is the closer one, a bookish noun covering cruelty, meanness and villainy.
Most common translation
Cruelty, villainy, meanness.
അവന്റെ പിശുനത എല്ലാവരെയും വേദനിപ്പിച്ചു.
avante pishunatha ellaavareyum vedanippichu.
His meanness hurt everyone.
All Malayalam words for “cruelty”
- പിശുനത (pishunatha) — Cruelty, villainy, meanness.
- കരുമന (karumana) — Affliction, cruelty, danger, lamentation.
പിശുനത (pishunatha) is literary and rare in speech, and കരുമന (karumana) is rarer still, mixing cruelty with affliction and lamentation, so both will sound unusual in conversation.
Common questions
How do you say cruelty in Malayalam?
പിശുനത (pishunatha) is the nearest listed word for cruelty.
Will people recognise these words?
Readers of literary Malayalam will, but in everyday speech both പിശുനത (pishunatha) and കരുമന (karumana) are uncommon.