Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Cruel; Brutal: Characterized by a deliberate intent to cause severe pain, suffering, or violence, showing no mercy or compassion.
   • Fiendish; Savage: Extremely vicious or barbaric, often suggesting a monstrous or inhuman level of violence.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Kẻ thù đã có những hành động tàn bạo. (The enemy committed brutal acts.)
  • Đó là một tội ác tàn bạo không thể tha thứ. (That was an unforgivably cruel crime.)
  • Chúng bị đối xử một cách tàn bạo. (They were treated with savage brutality.)

Advanced Usage

• Can be used to describe abstract concepts like regimes, wars, or systems.
  • Một chế độ tàn bạo. (A brutal regime.)
  • Cuộc chiến tàn bạo. (A savage war.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tàn ác (adj): Cruel, ruthless. Often used similarly but can sometimes emphasize a colder, more calculating malice.
  • Kẻ sát nhân tàn ác. (The ruthless murderer.)
• Tàn nhẫn (adj): Merciless, heartless. Often focuses on a lack of pity or emotional cruelty.
  • Một quyết định tàn nhẫn. (A heartless decision.)
• Bạo tàn (adj): A less common, inverted form with the same meaning (brutal, tyrannical).

Synonyms

• Cruel: Willfully causing pain or suffering.
• Brutal: Savagely violent.
• Savage: Fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
• Barbaric: Extremely cruel and primitive.
• Fiendish: Extremely cruel or unpleasant.

Related Idioms

• Tàn bạo dã man: An intensified phrase meaning "savagely brutal" or "inhumanly cruel."
  • Hành vi tàn bạo dã man. (Savagely brutal behavior.)
• Bạo chúa tàn bạo: A cruel tyrant.
  • Lịch sử ghi lại nhiều bạo chúa tàn bạo. (History records many cruel tyrants.)

adj

1. fiendish, cruel