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brutal
[ broot-l ]
adjective
- savage; cruel; inhuman:
a brutal attack on the village.
Synonyms: barbarous, brutish, ferocious
Antonyms: kind
- crude; coarse:
brutal language.
- harsh; ferocious:
brutal criticism; brutal weather.
- taxing, demanding, or exhausting:
They're having a brutal time making ends meet.
- irrational; unreasoning.
- of or relating to lower animals.
Synonyms: animal, beastly, bestial
Antonyms: human
brutal
/ ˈbruːtəl /
adjective
- cruel; vicious; savage
- extremely honest or coarse in speech or manner
- harsh; severe; extreme
brutal cold
Derived Forms
- ˈbrutally, adverb
- bruˈtality, noun
Other Words From
- brutal·ly adverb
- hyper·brutal adjective
- hyper·brutal·ly adverb
- non·brutal adjective
- non·brutal·ly adverb
- over·brutal adjective
- over·brutal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.
Matthew Fenner claims members of the North Carolina-based The Word of Faith Fellowship subjected him to a brutal attack.
Currently, there are many millions of Muslims who vehemently oppose ISIL and the brutal current in Islam that it represents.
Bill Murray has been accused by his ex-wife of repeated, brutal physical abuse.
But he lost and his brutal career was over thanks to John Doar and the Voting Rights Act.
There was a cry from Tip—a sound of splintering wood—something seemed to strike me a brutal blow.
But the loathsome death of this brutal voluptuary soon delivered the church from the most implacable of its foes.
How refinedly brutal is this constant care lest the hangman be robbed of his prey!
One would think that the chorus should rather give the son a severe reprimand for speaking in so brutal a manner to his father.
Charges of incapacity, cruelty, brutal insolence, were hurled backward and forward.
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