About The Word Brutish
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Brutish
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What's The Definition Of Brutish?
[adj] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Brutish: beastly | bestial | brute(a) | inhumane Related Terms | Find terms related to Brutish: See Also | Brutish In Webster's Dictionary \Bru"tish\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel,
gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.
O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can
devise. --Leigh Hunt.
Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain
that he would seek to take the rank and density of the
brute. --I. Taylor.
Syn: Insensible; stupid; unfeeling; savage; cruel; brutal;
barbarous; inhuman; ferocious; gross; carnal; sensual;
bestial. -- {Bru"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Bru"tish*ness}, n.
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