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Meaning of
'Brutal'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Brutal
[
a.
]
- Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
- Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
Meaning of 'Brutal' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
brutal
[
s
]
Meaning (1):
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Example in sentence:
a barbarous crime;
a savage slap;
brutal beatings;
cruel tortures;
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks;
vicious kicks
Meaning (2):
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Example in sentence:
a bestial nature;
a dull and brutish man;
beastly desires;
bestial treatment of prisoners;
brute force
Meaning (3):
- punishingly harsh
Example in sentence:
a brutal winter;
the brutal summer sun
Meaning (4):
- disagreeably direct and precise
Example in sentence:
he spoke with brutal honesty
Nearby Words:
bruang
brucine
brucite
bruckeled
bruh
bruin
bruise
bruised
bruiser
bruisewort
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