brutish

[ broo-tish ]

/ ˈbru tɪʃ /

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adjective

brutal; cruel.

gross; coarse.

carnal; sensual.

uncivilized.

bestial; like an animal.

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Origin of brutish

First recorded in 1485–95; brute¹ + -ish¹

Related formsbrut·ish·ly, adverbbrut·ish·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for brutish

The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.
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Think of it as the Jersey Shore exception, where you can act like a brutish goon and the first bust is essentially a do-over.
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The process of Republican change is going be what we might call a two-thirds Hobbes: nasty, brutish, and long.
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Yet the brutish rhetoric inevitably coming from GOP opponents will only alienate Hispanics even more than they already are.
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No stirring up of dust and ashes is excusable, and none but brutish minds delight in mud-pies mixed with blood.
Oscar Wilde|Arthur Ransome
Say nothing to them, and they will think on nothing except what flatters either their brutish passions or vanity.
The Existence of God|Francois de Salignac de La Mothe- Fenelon
I do grace him as much as I may, for I find him marvellous greedy to do anything to recover the conceit of his brutish offence.'
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
Courage, that a poor private carrying a musket has to spare of; that does not fail a weasel or a rat; that is a brutish faculty?
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
She kicked and scratched and struggled in vain, to be quickly vanquished by a brutish blow.
Mlle. Fouchette|Charles Theodore Murray

British Dictionary definitions for brutish

brutish

/ (ˈbruːtɪʃ) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a brute or brutes; animal

coarse; cruel; stupid

Derived Formsbrutishly, adverbbrutishness, noun

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Word Origin and History for brutish

brutish

adj.

1530s, "pertaining to animals," from brute (n.) + -ish. In reference to human brutes, from 1550s. Related: Brutishly; brutishness.

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