| 单词 | mental cruelty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmental cruelty mental cruelty n. chiefly Law conduct which inflicts suffering on another person without involving physical assault, esp. (U.S.) as constituting grounds for legal separation or divorce. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] sorrowOE ail?c1225 scorpion?c1225 dolec1290 angera1325 anguishc1330 cupa1340 aggrievancea1400 discomfortc1405 afflictionc1429 sytec1440 pressurea1500 constraint1509 tenterhook1532 grief1535 annoying1566 troubler1567 griper1573 vexation1588 infliction1590 trouble1591 temptationc1595 load1600 torment1600 wringer1602 sorance1609 inflicting1611 brusha1616 freighta1631 woe-heart1637 ordeala1658 cut-up1782 unpleasure1792 iron maiden1870 mental cruelty1899 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > savage action > [noun] > affecting mind mental cruelty1899 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > affecting mind mental cruelty1899 1899 C. H. Garoutte in Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 122 58 The cruelty relied upon to support the complaint is largely mental cruelty. 1928 Harper's Mag. July 159/1 The Nevada laws..necessitate a minimum of fraud... The judges demand very slight evidence to prove mental cruelty. A woman may obtain her freedom on the ground that her husband has..told her to go to hell once too often. 1967 R. S. Master Elem. Psychiatry xx. 398 The petitioner has to prove..that the spouse can differentiate between right and wrong and understand the nature of the mental cruelty. 1992 Daily Express 9 Sept. 9/5 Will they..release Kate the untamed shrew to drag Petrucchio through the divorce courts for mental cruelty? < as lemmas |
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