What does brutal mean?

Definitions for brutal
ˈbrut lbru·tal

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word brutal.

Princeton's WordNet

  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"

  2. brutal, unrelentingadjective

    harsh

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

  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"

  4. brutaladjective

    disagreeably direct and precise

    "he spoke with brutal honesty"

Wiktionary

  1. brutaladjective

    Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel

  2. brutaladjective

    Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

  3. brutaladjective

    Harsh; unrelenting

  4. brutaladjective

    Disagreeably precise or penetrating

  5. brutaladjective

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Brutaladjective

    Etymology: brutal, Fr. from brute.

    There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason. Roger L'Estrange.

    The brutal bus’ness of the war
    Is manag’d by thy dreadful servants’ care. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. brutal

    Brutal refers to behavior or actions that are extremely cruel, violent, harsh, or severe. It can also describe a situation or conditions that are extremely unpleasant or discomforting.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brutaladjective

    of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature

  2. Brutaladjective

    like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brutal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brutal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of brutal in a Sentence

  1. Mark Regev:

    Of course they want to see peace. But Israel wants to see peace too. We'd love to have peace with our Palestinian neighbors, people need to understand -- Hamas is not just Israel's enemy. Hamas is the enemy of everyone who wants to see peace and reconciliation in our part of the world. They are a brutal jihadist terrorist group. No one should make excuses for them.

  2. Donald Trump:

    Our border is in a state of brutal and violent anarchy as people totally unvetted and unchecked flow into our country by the millions. To put it simply, we are a nation in decline, we are a failing nation.

  3. Artur Pawlowski:

    That was the most brutal thing, that was Nazi-style, communist-style. Trying to break a man and his family and children by not allowing me to just even say hi after being away for so long.

  4. Peter King:

    This is brutal. I think the most searing impact is going to be afterwards, the fact that people who lost their loved ones were unable to grieve with them, it's definitely all around us.

  5. Tim Martin:

    The pubs suffered a brutal shock when they were closed with no notice, the way it was done caused many problems and caused tens of millions of pounds of lost stock.

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