brute

Meaning

Adj

1. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
2. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
3. Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
4. Crude, unpolished.
5. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature.
6. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.

Noun

1. (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
2. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
3. A kind of powerful spotlight.
4. (UK, archaic) One who has not yet matriculated.

Verb

To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of bruit.

Synonyms

beast

animal

🐾

brutal

savage

brutish

bestial

creature

ruffian

cruel person

fauna

beastly

thug

animate being

wildcat

crude

violent

miscreant

smashmouth

tough

wolf

🐺

monster

neat

organism

raw

rough

sadist

alien

👽

swine

uncooked

underdone

unreasonable

unrefined

unripe

unripened

unwise

yard

zooid

bowelless

head of cattle

scumbag

ungrateful fellow

brute beast

scoundrel

barbarian

barbaric

barbarous

bastard

beastie

boor

bully

Translations

bruto

bruto

brute

bestia

ζώο

bestia

animal

🐾

bruut

κτήνος

beest

bruto

Vieh

besta

Tier

🐾

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹuːt/

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek: βαρύς

Cognate with Persian: گران

Cognate with Sanskrit: गुरु

Cognate with English: guru

In summary

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).