Brutal and Malign

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Brutal adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: a brutal child who liked to torture animals

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Malign and brutal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malign" instead an adjective "Brutal".

Nearby Words: brutish, brute, brutalize, brutality, brutally

Malign adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

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Brutal and malign are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Malign".

Forbidden Scrollery meanwhile is mostly told from human perspectives and portrays youkai as corruptive and malign influences that need to be kept separate from humans at all times (for the benefit of both groups), but all the most brutal and callous acts in the manga are performed by humans.

Source: Graying Morality

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