Vocabulary

残酷

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

na-adjective noun
N1 freq #14

Example sentences

He is a brute to his children.

He is a man who I supposed was incapable of such cruelty.

It is cruel of him to say such things to her.

It was cruel of him to say such things to her.

Don't be cruel to animals.

I don't like to see animals cruelly treated.

I could not image how cruel he was at that time.

It is because he is cruel that I dislike him.