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Synonyms for brutal
ˈbrut l
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Princeton's WordNet
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious(adj)
(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"
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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, ferine, uncivilisedbrutal, unrelenting(adj)
harsh
"the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
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savage, relentless, fell, grim, beastly, unrelenting, stern, brute(a), roughshod, unappeasable, cruel, barbarous, vicious, brutish, unforgiving, inexorable, bestial, persistentbeastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal(adj)
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
brutal(adj)
disagreeably direct and precise
"he spoke with brutal honesty"
Synonyms:
brutish, unrelenting, bestial, savage, barbarous, fell, roughshod, cruel, vicious, brute(a), beastly
Wiktionary
brutal(adjective)
Synonyms:
cold-blooded, barbaric, savage, viciousbrutal(adjective)
Synonyms:
vicious, savage, cold-blooded, barbaricbrutal(adjective)
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savage, cold-blooded, vicious, barbaricbrutal(adjective)
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cold-blooded, savage, vicious, barbaricbrutal(adjective)
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vicious, savage, cold-blooded, barbaricbrutal(adjective)
Synonyms:
barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamedAntonyms:
civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
brutal
Synonyms:
savage, inhuman, rude, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, brutish, barbarous, sensual, beastly, ignorant, stolid, dense, cruel, violent, vindictive, bloodthirsty, intemperateAntonyms:
humane, civilized, generous, intelligent, polished, chivalrous, conscientious, self-controlled
Dictionary of English Synonymes
brutal(a.)
Synonyms:
savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brutebrutal(a.)
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churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanlybrutal(a.)
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gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases:
barbaric, cruel, savage, brutish, abrupt, barbarous, violent, brute, ruthless, vicious, sudden, atrocious, harsh, sharp, rough, blunt, ferocious, gross, wanton, brutality, merciless, callous, heinous
How to use brutal in a sentence?
It's a brutal sanction.
It was a very brutal campaign.
The Castros are brutal dictators.
The mission period was brutal on our people.
We didn’t have the press. The press was brutal.
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#2028 | wild | |
#2384 | criminal | |
#3009 | evil | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#4253 | gross | |
#4538 | fell | |
#5548 | rough | |
#5940 | violent | |
#8034 | sudden | |
#9271 | brutal | |
#9645 | persistent | |
#9770 | dense | |
#9792 | savage | |
#10536 | stern | |
#11289 | cruel | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#12199 | rude | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15142 | fierce | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#16835 | furious | |
#16950 | sensual | |
#23477 | brute | |
#24248 | relentless | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#26085 | ruthless | |
#26177 | barbarian | |
#27217 | brutality | |
#27559 | abrupt | |
#27959 | feral | |
#31262 | inhuman | |
#39191 | wanton | |
#39424 | ferocious | |
#43810 | barbaric | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#48929 | merciless | |
#49169 | unrelenting | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51420 | venomous | |
#51788 | untamed | |
#53842 | callous | |
#54728 | bestial | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#58505 | reprehensible | |
#60472 | unforgiving | |
#66341 | barbarous | |
#67083 | bloodthirsty | |
#67128 | vindictive | |
#70510 | beastly | |
#72930 | brutish | |
#73839 | inexorable | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#102327 | uncivilized | |
#116056 | unfeeling | |
#126547 | roughshod | |
#127101 | intemperate | |
#143096 | stolid | |
#236180 | uncivilised | |
#290986 | condemnable |
Translations for brutal
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- жестокBulgarian
- brutalCatalan, Valencian
- brutalGerman
- ζωώδης, κτηνώδηςGreek
- brutalFrench
- brúidiúilIrish
- brùideilScottish Gaelic
- brutálisHungarian
- žvėriškasLithuanian
- brutāls, dzīvniecisksLatvian
- bruutDutch
- brutalPortuguese
- brutal, brutalăRomanian
- жестокий, зверскийRussian
- brutalSwedish
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