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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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