brute (br t)n. 1. An animal; a beast. 2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person. adj. 1. Of or relating to beasts; animal: "None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter" (Henry David Thoreau). 2. Characteristic of a brute, especially: a. Entirely physical: brute force. b. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence: a brute impulse. c. Savage; cruel: brute coercion. d. Unremittingly severe: was driven to steal food through brute necessity. 3. Coarse; brutish. [From Middle English, nonhuman, from Old French brut, from Latin br  tus, stupid; see gwer -1 in Indo-European roots.]brut  ism n. |
brute [bruːt]
n
1.
a. any animal except man; beast; lower animal
b. (as modifier) brute nature
2. a brutal person
adj (prenominal)
1. wholly instinctive or physical (esp in the phrases brute strength, brute force)
2. without reason or intelligence
3. coarse and grossly sensual
[from Latin brūtus heavy, irrational; related to gravis heavy]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | brute - a cruelly rapacious person |
| 2. |  brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides" critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer" stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) adult - any mature animal pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses giant - any creature of exceptional size survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores" insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | |
| Adj. | 1. | brute - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" 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" |
brute
noun
adjective
physical, bodily, mindless, instinctive, senseless, unthinking He used brute force to take control.
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n brute [bruːt]
1 an animal other than man My dog died yesterday, the poor brute; (also adjective ) brute force. dier, ondier وَحْش животно zvíře(cí) kræ; brutal; rå das Vieh ζώο, κτήνος animal, bestia loom, loomalik حیوان peto bête, brutal חַיָה वहशी beštija állat binatang bestia; bruto 獣 짐승 žvėris, gyvulys; grubus dzīvnieks; lops; dzīvnieka-; dzīvniecisks tidak berakal beest; bruut (u)dyr; rå, grov, dyrisk zwierzę, bydlę animal dobitoc; brută животное; животный, грубый zviera; zvierací žival; živalski, zverinski životinja kräk; rå สัตว์เดรัจฉาน hayvan; hayvanî 畜生 тварина; жорстокий انسان کے علاوہ کوئی جانور، حیوان súc vật 畜生
2 a cruel person. woestaard, wreedaard إِنْسانٌ قاسٍ жесток човек surovec børste das Scheusal κτήνος (μτφ.), βάναυσος άνθρωπος bruto jõhkard آدم وحشی و احمق raakalainen brute פֶּרֶא אָדַם क्रूर nečovjek „vadállat” orang kejam bruto, persona brutale 人でなし 잔인한 사람 žvėris brutāls cilvēks; zvērs orang yang ganas bruut brutal fyr, umenneske brutal bruto brută скотина surovec okrutnež grubijan brutal människa, odjur มนุษย์ที่ดุร้ายเยี่ยงสัตว์ป่า zalim kimse, hayvan 殘忍無情的人 тварюка اوچھا آدمی kẻ vũ phu 残忍的人
adj brutal
very cruel or severe a brutal beating. onmenslike, wreedaardige ، قاسٍ جِدّا، وَحْشي безмилостен surový rå; brutal brutal κτηνώδης brutal toores وحشیانه brutaali brutal אַכזָרִי क्रूर, निर्दयी, बर्ब, नृशंस, कठोर brautalan brutális kejam sekali brutale 残忍な 무자비한 žiaurus, brutalus brutāls; nežēlīgs ganas wreed, niets ontziend brutal brutalny brutal brutal жестокий, зверский krutý okrutno brutalan brutal โหดร้าย vahşî, zalim 殘忍的 брутальний; жорстокий حیوان صفت ، وحشی dã man 残忍的
n bruˈtality [-ˈtӕ-]
onmenslikheid, wreedaardigheid وَحْشِيَّه، قَسْوَه شَديدَه жестокост brutalita, surovost råhed; brutalitet die Brutalität κτηνωδία brutalidad toorus وحشیگری brutaalius brutalité אֲכזָרִיוּת क्रूरता brutalnost embertelenség kekejaman brutalità 残忍性 잔인함 žiaurumas, brutalumas brutalitāte; nežēlība dengan ganas gewelddadigheid brutalitet brutalność brutalidade brutalitate жестокость, зверство brutalita okrutnost brutalnost brutalitet ความเหี้ยมโหด vahşîlik, zalimlik 殘忍 брутальність; жорстокість بے رحمی sự dã man 残忍
adj brutish
of, or like, a brute brutish manners. onmenslike, dierlike مائِلٌ إلى الوَحْشِيَّه животински hrubý, brutální rå; brutal roh κτηνώδης, χυδαίος brutal elajalik وحشی؛ بی شعور eläimellinen de brute חַייָתִי क्रूरता से okrutan állati(as) seperti binatang brutale, da bruto 獣のような 야만적인 žvėriškas, grubus brutāls; nežēlīgs; dzīvniecisks keganasan grof rå, brutal, bestialsk zwierzęcy, chamski abrutalhado brutal грубый, звероподобный brutálny surov brutalan djurisk, rå เยี่ยงสัตว์เดรัจฉาน hayvanca, hayvan gibi 沒有人性的 жорстокий, звірський اوچھے طریقے سے hung ác 畜生般的
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