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Meaning of 'brute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Brute [ a.]
- Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
- Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
- Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
- Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
2 . Brute [ n.]
- An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
- A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
3 . Brute [ v. t.]
- To report; to bruit.

Meaning of 'brute' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . brute [ s]
Meaning (1):
- 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

Nearby Words:

bruang brucine brucite bruckeled bruh bruin bruise bruised bruiser bruisewort

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