Antonyms for BRUTAL
ˈbrut lbru·tal

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1. brutaladjective

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

   Synonyms:
   cold-blooded, barbaric, savage, vicious

2. brutaladjective

   Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

   Synonyms:
   vicious, barbaric, cold-blooded, savage

3. brutaladjective

   Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

   Antonyms:
   kind, gentle

   Synonyms:
   barbaric, savage, cold-blooded, vicious

4. brutaladjective

   Harsh; unrelenting

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

   Synonyms:
   barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious

5. brutaladjective

   Disagreeably precise or penetrating

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

   Synonyms:
   vicious, savage, cold-blooded, barbaric

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 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.

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

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

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1. brutal

   Antonyms:
   humane, civilized, generous, intelligent, polished, chivalrous, conscientious, self-controlled

   Synonyms:
   savage, inhuman, rude, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, brutish, barbarous, sensual, beastly, ignorant, stolid, dense, cruel, violent, vindictive, bloodthirsty, intemperate

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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"

   Antonyms:
   mild, humane, indirect

   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, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

2. brutal, unrelentingadjective

   harsh

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

   Antonyms:
   humane, mild, indirect

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   mild, indirect, humane

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

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1. brutaladjective

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

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1. gentler

   Submitted by anonymous on January 21, 2020  

How to use BRUTAL in a sentence?

1. Larry Caldwell:

   I know the character of the man, you take a man like that and you’re then going to say he participated in a brutal crime of murder, knowing that being associated with that would send him to the pits of hell? ... If there was one man who would be willing to stand in the breach to help his country, it would be Christian.

2. Chris Wheeler:

   It's (Q1) going to be a brutal quarter and this doesn’t help sentiment at all.

3. Amy Poehler:

   I don't know. It's been brutal for us, we're basically using the fire of Covid to start some new version. We're changing our school and our theater to not-for-profit. Whether or not we'll be able to get there, I don't know.

4. Buster Murdaugh:

   As a result of the brutal murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh on June 7, SLED’s initial priority was finding anyone responsible for their deaths. During the course of the double murder investigation, SLED agents have uncovered other potential crimes that warrant further investigation, sLED agents continue to work diligently to bring justice to all victims in these cases. As I have previously stated, our agents remain committed to following the facts no matter where they lead us.

5. District Attorney Pete Weir:

   This is an extraordinary sentence, but the brutal assault on Mr. Woods is almost beyond belief.

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