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 Definitions of brutal  [ˈbrut l]  

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Definition of 'brutal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) brutal
savage; cruel; inhuman.

2.  brutal
crude; coarse:
brutal language.

3.  brutal
harsh; severe:
a brutal storm.

4.  brutal
accurate or direct, but displeasing:
a brutal fact.

5.  brutal
of or pertaining to animals; beastly.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME (< MF) < ML brūtālis)

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

2. (adj) brutal, unrelenting
harsh
"the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"

3. (adj) beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

4. (adj) brutal
disagreeably direct and precise
"he spoke with brutal honesty"


Definition of 'brutal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) brutal
extremely violent
a brutal attack/murder

2.  brutal
severe; = harsh
a brutal criticism; a brutal winter


Definition of 'brutal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) brutal
of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature

2. (adj) brutal
like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners


Translation of 'brutal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very cruel or severe
a brutal beating.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onmenslike, wreedaardige Arabic flag Arabic: ، قاسٍ جِدّا، وَحْشي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: безмилостен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: brutal Czech flag Czech: surový German flag German: brutal
Danish flag Danish: rå; brutal Greek flag Greek: κτηνώδης Spanish flag Spanish: brutal
Estonian flag Estonian: toores Farsi flag Farsi: وحشیانه Finnish flag Finnish: brutaali
French flag French: brutal Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַכזָרִי Hindi flag Hindi: क्रूर, निर्दयी, बर्ब, नृश
Croatian flag Croatian: brautalan Hungarian flag Hungarian: brutális Indonesian flag Indonesian: kejam sekali
Italian flag Italian: brutale Japanese flag Japanese: 残忍な Korean flag Korean: 무자비한
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žiaurus, brutalus Latvian flag Latvian: brutāls; nežēlīgs Malay flag Malay: ganas
Dutch flag Dutch: wreed, niets ontziend Norwegian flag Norwegian: brutal Polish flag Polish: brutalny
Persian flag Persian: وحشیانه Pashto flag Pashto: په وحشی ډول Portuguese flag Portuguese: brutal
Romanian flag Romanian: brutal Russian flag Russian: жестокий, зверский Slovak flag Slovak: krutý
Slovenian flag Slovenian: okrutno Serbian flag Serbian: brutalan Swedish flag Swedish: brutal
Thai flag Thai: โหดร้าย Turkish flag Turkish: vahşî, zalim Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 殘忍的
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: брутальний; жорстокий Urdu flag Urdu: حیوان صفت ، وحشی Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dã man
Chinese flag Chinese: 残忍的

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