brutal
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime
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Sense 2 adjective
harsh
the brutal summer sun
Related & opposite
- intense similar to
Sense 3 adjective
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
beastly desires
Related & opposite
- animal derivation
- bestiality derivation
- beastliness derivation
- brutalize derivation
- brutalize derivation
- bestialize derivation
- inhumane similar to
Sense 4 adjective
disagreeably direct and precise
he spoke with brutal honesty
Related & opposite
- direct similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cruelness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brute |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | intense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | animal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bestiality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beastliness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutalize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutalize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bestialize |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | direct |