brutish
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a brute or brutes; animal
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coarse; cruel; stupid
Other Word Forms
- brutishly adverb
- brutishness noun
Etymology
Origin of brutish
Example Sentences
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“It could make life less nasty, less brutish, and less short—and less hard.”
But the longed-for comeuppance of the brutish earl is as much an attraction to the series as Ms. Peckham.
But in screenwriter Noah Pink’s melodramatic imagining of incidents both well-documented and mysterious, one can see this Hollywood veteran on a mission to loosen the shackles of his reputation and have some nasty, brutish fun.
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“There’s not much there and it’s certainly not intellectually or spiritually illuminating in any way, shape or form. They are brutish entertainers, and that’s it.”
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He comes from a mangled life and he’s very cunning and very brutish.
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