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brutal
adjective
1 brutal
of persons or their actions Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering:
— Brutal beatings.
synonyms: barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious.
Roget 895:
discourteous,
uncourteous†;
uncourtly†;
ill-bred,
ill-mannered,
ill-behaved,
ill-conditioned;
unbred;
unmannerly,
unmannered;
impolite,
unpolite†;
unpolished,
uncivilized,
ungenteel;
ungentleman-like,
ungentlemanly;
unladylike;
blackguard;
vulgar
etc.
851;
dedecorous†;
foul-mouthed foul-spoken;
abusive.
uncivil,
ungracious,
unceremonious;
cool;
pert,
forward,
obtrusive,
impudent,
rude,
saucy,
precocious.
repulsive;
uncomplaisant†,
unaccommodating,
unneighborly,
ungallant;
inaffable†;
ungentle,
ungainly;
rough,
rugged,
bluff,
blunt,
gruff;
churlish,
boorish,
bearish;
brutal,
brusque;
stern,
harsh,
austere;
cavalier.
taint,
sour,
crabbed,
sharp,
short,
trenchant,
sarcastic,
biting,
doggish,
caustic,
virulent,
bitter,
acrimonious,
venomous,
contumelious;
snarling
etc.
v.;
surly,
surly as a bear;
perverse;
grim,
sullen
etc.
901.1;
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
untactful,
impolitic,
undiplomatic;
artless
etc.
703;
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Roget 907:
malevolent,
unbenevolent;
unbenign;
ill-disposed,
ill-intentioned,
ill-natured,
ill-conditioned,
ill-contrived;
evil-minded,
evil-disposed;
black-browed†.
malicious;
malign,
malignant;
rancorous;
despiteful,
spiteful;
mordacious,
caustic,
bitter,
envenomed,
acrimonious,
virulent;
unamiable,
uncharitable;
maleficent,
venomous,
grinding,
galling.
harsh,
disobliging;
unkind,
unfriendly,
ungracious;
inofficious†;
invidious;
uncandid;
churlish
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
surly,
sullen
etc.
901.1.
cold,
cold-blooded,
cold-hearted;
black-hearted,
hard-hearted,
flint-hearted,
marble-hearted,
stony-hearted;
hard of heart,
unnatural;
ruthless
etc.
(unmerciful)
914.1;
relentless
etc.
(revengeful)
919.
cruel;
brutal,
brutish;
savage,
savage as a bear,
savage as a tiger;
ferine†,
ferocious;
inhuman;
barbarous,
barbaric,
semibarbaric,
fell,
untamed,
tameless,
truculent,
incendiary;
bloodthirsty
etc.
(murderous)
361;
atrocious;
bloodyminded†.
fiendish,
fiendlike†;
demoniacal;
diabolic,
diabolical;
devilish,
infernal,
hellish,
Satanic;
Tartaran.
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Polish: okrutny
2 brutal
Punishingly harsh:
— The brutal summer sun.
— A brutal winter.
synonym: unrelenting.
3 brutal
4 brutal
Disagreeably direct and precise.
Polish: brutalny
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