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brutalize
verb
1 brutalize
Treat brutally.
synonym: brutalise.
Roget 823:
be insensible
etc.
adj.;
have a rhinoceros hide;
show insensibility
etc.
n.;
not mind,
not care,
not be affected by;
have no desire for
etc.
866;
have no interest in,
feel no interest in,
take no interest in;
nil admirari [Lat.];
not care a straw for
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
disregard
etc.
(neglect)
460;
set at naught
etc.
(make light of)
483;
turn a deaf ear to
etc.
(inattention)
458;
vegetate.
render insensible,
render callous;
blunt,
obtund†,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate†,
stun,
stupefy;
brutify†;
brutalize;
chloroform,
anaesthetize†,
put under;
assify†.
inure;
harden the heart;
steel,
caseharden,
sear.
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Roget 895:
be rude
etc.
adj.;
insult
etc.
929;
treat with discourtesy;
take a name in vain;
make bold with,
make free with;
take a liberty;
stare out of countenance,
ogle,
point at,
put to the blush.
cut;
turn one's back upon,
turn on one's heel;
give the cold shoulder;
keep at a distance,
keep at arm's length;
look cool upon,
look coldly upon,
look black upon;
show the door to,
send away with a flea in the ear.
lose one's temper
etc.
(resentment)
900;
sulk
etc.
901.1;
frown,
scowl,
glower,
pout;
snap,
snarl,
growl.
render rude
etc.
adj.;
brutalize,
brutify†.
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Roget 945:
be vicious
etc.
adj.;
sin,
commit sin,
do amiss,
err,
transgress;
misdemean oneself†,
forget oneself,
misconduct oneself;
misdo†,
misbehave;
fall,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass;
deviate from the line of duty,
deviate from the path of virtue
etc.
944;
take a wrong course,
go astray;
hug a sin,
hug a fault;
sow one's wild oats.
render vicious
etc.
adj.;
demoralize,
brutalize;
corrupt
etc.
(degrade)
659.
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2 brutalize
3 brutalize
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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Moby thesaurus: assault, attack, barbarize, bastardize, batter, burn, butcher, callous, carry on, case harden, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, destroy, go on, hammer, harden, indurate, inure, lay waste, loot, maul, mug, ossify, pervert, pillage, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rape, rave, riot, roar, ruin, sack, savage, slaughter, sow chaos, steel, storm, tear, tear around, terrorize, vandalize, violate, vitiate, warp, wreck ... show more.
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