brutal
savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
Example
“The game was brutal, but after a bloodbath he finally won.”
Other meanings
crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
harsh; unrelenting.
Related words
- brutalisation
- brutalise
- Brutalism
- brutalism
- Brutalist
- brutalist
- brutalitarian
- brutalize
- brutalness
- nonbrutal
- overbrutal
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "brūtus" (dull, stupid).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “brutal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.