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- pronunciation:
- bru
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
exceptionally savage, merciless, or cruel.
The brutal jailer worked the prisoners until they dropped from exhaustion.- synonyms:
- atrocious, barbarous, ruthless, savage, vicious
- antonyms:
- gentle, humane
- similar words:
- abusive, barbaric, bestial, bloodthirsty, brute, brutish, callous, cruel, evil, ferocious, fiendish, grim, inhuman, merciless, monstrous, oppressive, outrageous, pitiless, remorseless, truculent, violent
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| definition 2: |
exceptionally severe.
The brutal blizzard caused numerous deaths.- synonyms:
- ferocious, furious, terrible, violent
- similar words:
- awful, bad, cruel, fierce, grim, harsh, inhuman, intense, severe
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| definition 3: |
unpleasantly plain and direct.
The brutal truth is that you just don't have the talent to succeed.He was stung by the brutal answer to his question.- synonyms:
- crude
- similar words:
- bald, bare, blunt, explicit, naked, plain, point-blank, raw, unequivocal
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| related words: |
bitter, fierce, gory, terrible, tough, vicious, wanton |
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| derivation: |
brutally (adv.) |
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