brute
Meaning
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- Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
- Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
- Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
- Crude, unpolished.
- Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
- Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
Synonyms
cruel person
animate being
organism
bowelless
head of cattle
ungrateful fellow
brute beast
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹuːt/
Etymology
From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).
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