Synonyms for brutish
ˈbru tɪʃbrutish

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1. brutish

   A brutish man simply follows his animal instincts, without special inclination to do harm; the brutal have always a spirit of malice and cruelty. Brute has no special character, except as indicating what a brute might possess; much the same is true of animal, except that animal leans more to the side of sensuality, brute to that of force, as appears in the familiar phrase "brute force." Hunger is an animal appetite; a brute impulse suddenly prompts one to strike a blow in anger. Bestial, in modern usage, implies an intensified and degrading animalism. Any supremacy of the animal or brute instincts over the intellectual and spiritual in man is base and vile. Beastly refers largely to the outward and visible consequences of excess; as, beastly drunkenness. Compare ANIMAL.

   Synonyms:
   animal, base, beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, carnal, coarse, ignorant, imbruted, insensible, lascivious, sensual, sottish, stolid, stupid, swinish, unintellectual, unspiritual, vile

   Antonyms:
   elevated, enlightened, exalted, grand, great, humane, intellectual, intelligent, noble, refined

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1. 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:
   humane

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1. brutish

   Synonyms:
   BRUTAL

2. brutish

   Synonyms:
   irrational, brute

3. brutish

   Synonyms:
   stupid, dull, insensible

4. brutish

   Synonyms:
   gross, carnal, sensual, bestial, beastly

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1. brutishadjective

   Synonyms:
   bestial, brutal, brute

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1. List of paraphrases for "brutish":

   brutal

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1. Sir Charles Spencer Charlie Chaplin:

   Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the Headless Monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

2. David Mathieson:

   This is a completely unreformed and unreconstructed, authoritarian, brutish institution that has violence and cruelty in its DNA.

3. Nancy Taylor:

   First, we feel your pain, Boston, for this cold is brutish and dangerous, second . . . in the foreseeable future, any warmth we can generate will come from human kindness. Such warmth is worth a lot. It can be a game-changer.

4. Jeff Melvoin:

   Check out the Declaration of Independence You think it promises happiness No no no, it talks about the pursuit of happiness. The PURSUIT We've become a nation of wimps We think we're entitled to everything, we want to legislate ourselves into some cozy little cocoon. Well, forget it, Nature Boy. There are no guarantees. Life is nasty, brutish, and short.

5. Thomas Hobbes, "The Leviathan":

   The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.