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 Synonyms for brutal  

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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brutal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Synonyms: wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised
Antonyms: mild, humane, indirect

2. (adj) brutal, unrelenting
harsh
Synonyms: savage, relentless, fell, grim, beastly, unrelenting, stern, brute(a), roughshod, unappeasable, cruel, barbarous, vicious, brutish, unforgiving, inexorable, bestial, brutal, persistent
Antonyms: humane, mild, indirect

3. (adj) beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Antonyms: mild, indirect, humane

4. (adj) brutal
disagreeably direct and precise
Synonyms: brutish, unrelenting, bestial, savage, barbarous, fell, roughshod, cruel, vicious, brute(a), beastly
Antonyms: mild, indirect, humane


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brutal' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. brutal
Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian
Synonyms: barbarous, atrocious, brutal, merciless, uncivilized, barbarian, cruel, rude, uncouth, barbaric, inhuman, savage, untamed
Antonyms: civilized, cultured, elegant, humane, polite, tender, courtly, delicate, graceful, nice, refined, urbane


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