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Brutal

Brutal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Brutal? [adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" [adj] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [adj] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Brutal: barbarous \| cruel \| fell \| hard \| harsh \| inhumane \| rigorous \| roughshod \| savage \| unkind \| vicious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Brutal: abominable \| abstruse \| Adamic \| animal \| animalian \| animalic \| animalistic \| anthropophagous \| arduous \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| baneful \| barbarian \| barbaric \| barbarous \| base \| beastlike \| beastly \| beneath contempt \| bestial \| bitter \| blameworthy \| bloodthirsty \| bloody \| bloody-minded \| bodily \| boorish \| brutalized \| brute \| brutelike \| brutish \| cannibalistic \| carnal \| carnal-minded \| Circean \| coarse \| cold-blooded \| complex \| contemptible \| crass \| critical \| crude \| cruel \| cruel-hearted \| deadly \| death-bringing \| deathful \| deathly \| delicate \| demanding \| demoniac \| demoniacal \| deplorable \| despicable \| destructive \| detestable \| devilish \| diabolic \| difficile \| difficult \| dire \| disgusting \| Draconian \| dreadful \| dumb \| earthy \| egregious \| enormous \| exacting \| fallen \| fatal \| fell \| feral \| ferine \| ferocious \| fetid \| fiendish \| fiendlike \| fierce \| filthy \| flagrant \| fleshly \| formidable \| foul \| fulsome \| Gothic \| grievous \| gross \| hairy \| hard \| hard-earned \| hard-fought \| harsh \| hateful \| heartless \| heinous \| hellish \| Herculean \| horrible \| horrid \| ill-bred \| ill-mannered \| impolite \| inclement \| infamous \| infernal \| inhuman \| inhumane \| insensitive \| instinctive \| instinctual \| intemperate \| internecine \| intricate \| jawbreaking \| kill-crazy \| killing \| knotted \| knotty \| laborious \| lamentable \| lapsed \| lethal \| loathsome \| lousy \| malign \| malignant \| material \| materialistic \| mean \| merciless \| mindless \| monstrous \| mortal \| murderous \| nasty \| Neanderthal \| nefarious \| no picnic \| noisome \| noncivilized \| nonrational \| nonspiritual \| not easy \| notorious \| obnoxious \| odious \| offensive \| operose \| orgiastic \| outlandish \| outrageous \| pernicious \| physical \| pitiable \| pitiful \| pitiless \| postlapsarian \| primitive \| rank \| regrettable \| remorseless \| reprehensible \| repulsive \| rigorous \| rotten \| rough \| rough-and-ready \| rude \| rugged \| rustic \| ruthless \| sad \| sadistic \| sanguinary \| sanguineous \| satanic \| savage \| scandalous \| schlock \| scurvy \| set with thorns \| severe \| shabby \| shameful \| sharkish \| shocking \| shoddy \| slavering \| sordid \| spiny \| squalid \| steep \| strenuous \| subhuman \| swinish \| tameless \| Tartarean \| terrible \| thorny \| ticklish \| toilsome \| too bad \| tough \| tricky \| troglodytic \| truculent \| unchristian \| uncivil \| uncivilized \| unclean \| uncombed \| uncouth \| uncultivated \| uncultured \| unfeeling \| ungentle \| unhuman \| unkempt \| unkind \| unlicked \| unpolished \| unrefined \| unspiritual \| unsympathetic \| untamed \| uphill \| vicious \| vile \| villainous \| virulent \| wicked \| wild \| woeful \| wolfish \| worst \| worthless \| wretched \| zoic \| zooidal \| zoologic See Also \| Brutal In Webster's Dictionary \Bru"tal\, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See {Brute}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. ``Above the rest of brutal kind.'' --Milton. 2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. ``Brutal intemperance.'' --Macaulay.

Brutal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brutal?

[adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
[adj] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
[adj] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"

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Brutal In Webster's Dictionary

\Bru"tal\, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See {Brute}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. ``Above
   the rest of brutal kind.'' --Milton.

2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling;
   merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. ``Brutal
   intemperance.'' --Macaulay.

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