brutal

Meaning

Concepts

brutal

rough

bestial

rude

vicious

brutish

brute

cruel

coarse

beastly

blunt

savage

violent

abrupt

wild

frank

outspoken

plain

atrocious

fiendish

villainous

bullying

teasing

ruffianly

ruthless

strong-arm

tough

brazen

impetuous

asperous

heartless

stonyhearted

belluine

terrible

ferocious

fierce

wrathy

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bʁy.tal/
Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin brūtālis (“savage, stupid”), from brūtus (“dull, stupid”). See brut and -al.

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