אַכְזָרִי“cruel”The adjective akhzari, "cruel," is the well-known form of this word. It describes a person, an army, or a moment of judgment that inflicts harm and will not be moved to pity, and it is the word behind the proverb that even the wicked man's tender mercies are cruel. Because the abstract noun "cruelty" is simply this same describing word turned into the name of the quality, the two are studied together.