| ADJECTIVE | all | brutal, barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
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| all | brutal, unrelenting | harsh | |
| all | brutal, beastly, bestial, brute, brutish | resembling a beast | |
| all | brutal | disagreeably direct and precise |
| Sounds | bruw'tahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. | |
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| Example | "brutal beatings" | |
| Synonyms | barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious | |
| Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
| Spanish | atroz, bárbaro, brutal, cruel, feroz, salvaje | |
| Catalan | atroç, bàrbar, brutal, cruel, feroç, ferotge, salvatge | |
| Nouns | brutality | the trait of extreme / extreme cruelty |
| Meaning | Harsh. | |
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| Synonym | unrelenting | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Spanish | brutal | |
| Catalan | brutal | |
| Meaning | resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. | |
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| Synonyms | beastly, bestial, brute, brutish | |
| Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
| Spanish | bestia, bestial, brutal | |
| Catalan | animal, bèstia, bestial, brutal | |
| Verbs | brutalize | become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling |
| brutalize | make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | |
| Meaning | disagreeably direct and precise. | |
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| Example | "he spoke with brutal honesty" | |
| Broader | direct | Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
| Spanish | brutal | |
| Catalan | brutal | |
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