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- DictionaryBru·tal/ˈbro͞odl/
adjective
- 1. savagely violent: "a brutal murder" Similar savagecruelbloodthirstyviciousferociousbarbaricbarbarouswickedmurderouscold-bloodedhard-heartedharshruthlesscallousheartlessmercilesspitilessremorselesssadisticunfeelinginhumanheinousmonstrousabominableatrociousvileinfernaluncivilizedbestialbrutishbeastlyanimalOpposite gentlehumane
- ▪ punishingly hard or uncomfortable: "the brutal winter wind"
- ▪ direct and lacking any attempt to disguise unpleasantness: "the brutal honesty of his observations" Similar unsparingunstintingunadornedunembellishedunvarnishedbaldnakedstarkbluntdirectstraightstraightforwardfrankoutspokenforthrightplain-spokenheartlessseverecompletetotalunequivocalunambiguous
Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘relating to the lower animals’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin brutalis, from brutus ‘dull, stupid’ (see brute).
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