Definitions for brutish
ˈbru tɪʃbrutish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brutishadjective

   Of, or in the manner of a brute

2. brutishadjective

   Bestial; lacking human sensibility

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brutishadjective

   Etymology: from brute.

   1. Bestial; resembling a beast.

   Osiris, Isis, Orus, and their train,
   With monstrous shapes and sorceries abus’d
   Fanatick Egypt, and her priests, to seek
   Their wand’ring gods disguis’d in brutish forms. Par. Lost.

   2. Having the qualities of a brute; rough; savage; ferocious.

   Brutes, and brutish men, are commonly more able to bear pain, than others. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, b. ii. c. 6.

   3. Gross; carnal.

   For thou thyself hast been a libertine,
   As sensual as the brutish sting itself. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   After he has slept himself into some use of himself, by much ado he staggers to his table again, and there acts over the same brutish scene. South.

   4. Ignorant; untaught; uncivilized.

   They were not so brutish, that they could be ignorant to call upon the name of God. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 35.

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1. brutish

   Brutish generally refers to something or someone that is savage, cruel, or inhumane. It is often used to describe behavior that lacks reason or sensitivity, similar to that of a wild animal. In a broader context, it can also mean coarse or unrefined.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brutishadjective

   pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brutish in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brutish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of brutish in a Sentence

1. David Mathieson:

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

2. 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.

3. John Wesley:

   A feast of dedication; yet he calls it a feast to Jehovah; for as brutish as they were, they did not design to terminate their adoration in the image; but they made it for a representation of the true God...yet this did not excuse them from gross idolatry.”

4. Thomas Carlyle:

   Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead therefore we must learn both arts.

5. Thomas Hobbes, "The Leviathan":

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

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brutish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brutish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=brutish
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brutish