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Synonyms for brutal
ˈbrut lbru·tal

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. brutaladjective

    Synonyms:
    cold-blooded, barbaric, savage, vicious

    Antonyms:
    gentle, kind

  2. brutaladjective

    Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel

    Synonyms:
    vicious, barbaric, cold-blooded, savage

    Antonyms:
    gentle, kind

  3. brutaladjective

    Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

    Synonyms:
    barbaric, savage, cold-blooded, vicious

    Antonyms:
    kind, gentle

  4. brutaladjective

    Harsh; unrelenting

    Synonyms:
    barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious

    Antonyms:
    gentle, kind

  5. brutaladjective

    Disagreeably precise or penetrating

    Synonyms:
    vicious, savage, cold-blooded, barbaric

    Antonyms:
    gentle, kind

  6. brutaladjective

    In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.

    Synonyms:
    barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious

    Antonyms:
    kind, gentle

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  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 life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

    Synonyms:
    atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

    Antonyms:
    civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

Princeton's WordNet4.7 / 3 votes

  1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

    (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

    "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

    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, ferine, uncivilised

    Antonyms:
    mild, humane, indirect

  2. brutal, unrelentingadjective

    harsh

    "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"

    Synonyms:
    savage, relentless, fell, grim, beastly, unrelenting, stern, brute(a), roughshod, unappeasable, cruel, barbarous, vicious, brutish, unforgiving, inexorable, bestial, persistent

    Antonyms:
    humane, mild, indirect

  3. beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutaladjective

    resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

    "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

    Antonyms:
    mild, indirect, humane

  4. brutaladjective

    disagreeably direct and precise

    "he spoke with brutal honesty"

    Synonyms:
    brutish, unrelenting, bestial, savage, barbarous, fell, roughshod, cruel, vicious, brute(a), beastly

    Antonyms:
    mild, indirect, humane

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. brutaladjective

    Synonyms:
    savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brute

  2. brutaladjective

    Synonyms:
    churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly

  3. brutaladjective

    Synonyms:
    gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. brutaladjective

    Synonyms:
    inhuman, cruel, fell, ruthless, truculent, unfeeling, beastly, bestial, brutish

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How to use brutal in a sentence?

  1. Andrew Scipione:

    An employee of the NSW police force has been callously murdered here today, i have viewed a number of pieces of footage, and I can tell you that this was a brutal crime. It was a terrible crime.

  2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:

    The most brutal dictators of the 20th century loved cinema.

  3. Karen Bass:

    Now that doesn't excuse the fact that I know the Castro regime has been a brutal regime to its people, i know that there is not freedom of press, freedom of association.

  4. John Walsh:

    This is a coward, a child molester, and a brutal murderer of a woman who loved him so much, he's cunning, he's smart, a former cop, and lucky. And someday his luck's gon na run out.

  5. Luma Mufleh:

    It's a brutal life, to give empowerment and hope and opportunity and voice in something as simple as purchasing a mat -- I mean, it's that simple.


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