He hurt the other person with cruel words.
The movie contains many brutal scenes.
He treated animals cruelly.
A cruel fate awaited the girl.
We were shown the cruel reality of war through the footage.
I ended up saying cruel things to her.
残酷 highlights cruelty and brutality in an act, while 非道 stresses its moral wrongness and lack of humanity.
残酷 is a broader, more common word for cruel or brutal behavior, while サディスティック specifically implies taking pleasure in causing pain.
残酷 is the more common, general word for 'cruel' or 'heartless', while 残忍 stresses a cold, calculated brutality.
残酷 focuses narrowly on cruelty and inflicting suffering, whereas 野蛮 more broadly covers primitiveness and lack of culture as well.
残酷 focuses on cruelty and brutality with a moral judgment, whereas 過酷 can describe harshness without necessarily implying moral wrong.
残酷 means 'cruel' or 'brutal', suggesting harsher, often physically or emotionally severe cruelty, whereas 意地悪 is milder and more everyday, closer to 'mean' or 'nasty'.
残酷 explicitly means cruel or brutal, especially toward people or animals, and is stronger and more direct than the milder, more general 酷.
残酷 is a common, everyday word for cruelty; 暴虐 is stronger and often implies systematic oppression or large-scale violence.
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.