brutal

bru·tal  (brtl)

adj.

1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.

2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

3. Harsh; unrelenting: a brutal winter in the Arctic.

4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating: spoke with brutal honesty.

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brutal·ly adv.

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brutal [ˈbruːt^əl]

adj

1. cruel; vicious; savage

2. extremely honest or coarse in speech or manner

3. harsh; severe; extreme brutal cold

brutality  n

brutally  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	brutal - (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" barbarous, cruel, fell, savage, vicious, roughshod inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	2.	brutal - harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" unrelenting intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	3.	brutal - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" bestial, brute, brutish, beastly inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	4.	brutal - disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty" direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

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brutal

adjective

1. cruel, harsh, savage, grim, vicious, ruthless, ferocious, callous, sadistic, heartless, atrocious, inhuman, merciless, cold-blooded, inhumane, brutish, bloodthirsty, remorseless, barbarous, pitiless, uncivilized, hard-hearted He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
cruel kind, gentle, humane, civilized, merciful, soft-hearted

2. harsh, tough, severe, rough, rude, indifferent, insensitive, callous, merciless, unconcerned, uncaring, gruff, bearish, tactless, unfeeling, impolite, uncivil, unmannerly She spoke with a brutal honesty.
harsh sensitive, refined, polite

3. bestial, animal, beastly, crude, coarse, sensual, brute, carnal, brutish a kind of frank and brutal passion

Translations

brutal [ˈbruːtl] ADJ

1. (= savage) [person, murder, attack] → brutal; [tone, remark] → cruel
the government's brutal treatment of political prisoners → la brutalidad or la crueldad con la que el gobierno trata a los prisioneros políticos

2. (= stark) [honesty, frankness] → descarnada; [reality] → crudo; [change] → brutal

3. (= harsh) [weather, climate] → crudo, riguroso

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brutal [ˈbruːt^əl] adj [killing, suppression] → brutal(e); [scene, film] → violent(e); [frankness, honesty] → brutal(e); [person] → brutal(e)

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brutal

adj → brutal

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brutal [ˈbruːtl] adj → brutale

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