An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.
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Brutal
//ˈbɹu.təl//
Synonyms for "brutal" (284 found)
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Strong matches (85)
cruel-heartedcutthroatdeadlydeath dealingdeath-bringingdeathfuldeathlydelicatedemandingdemoniacdemoniacaldeplorabledespicabledestructivedetestabledevilishdiabolicdiabolicaldifficiledifficult
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diredirectdisgustingdraconiandreadfuldumbearthyegregiousenormousexactingfallenfatalfellferalferineferociousfetidfiendishfiendlikefiercefilthyflagrantfleshlyformidablefoulfulsomeghoulishgothicgrievousgrimgrosshairyhardhard earnedhard foughthard-earnedhard-foughtharshhatefulheartlessheavy handedheinoushellishherculeanhorriblehorridill-bredill-manneredimpoliteinclementinfamousinfernalinhumaninhumaneinsensitiveinstinctiveinstinctualintemperateinternecineintricatejawbreakingkill crazykill-crazy
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killingknottedknottylaboriouslamentablelapsedlethalloathsomelousymalignmalignantmaterialmaterialisticmeanmercilessmindlessmonstrousmortalmurderousnasty
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neanderthalnefariousno picnicnoisomenoncivilizednonrationalnonspiritualnot easynotoriousobnoxiousodiousoffensiveoperoseoppressiveorgiasticoutlandishoutrageousperniciousphysicalpitiablepitifulpitilesspostlapsarianprimitiverankregrettableremorselessreprehensiblerepressiverepulsiverigorousrottenroughrough-and-readyroughshodruderuggedrusticruthlesssadsadisticsanguinarysanguineoussatanicscandalousscathingschlockscurvyset with thornssevereshabbyshamefulsharkishshockingshoddyslaveringsordidspinysqualidsteepstrenuoussubhumanswinishtamelesstartareanterribleterroristicthornyticklishtoilsometoo badtoughtrickytroglodytictruculenttyrannicalunchristianunciviluncivilizeduncleanuncombeduncouthuncultivatedunculturedunfeelingungentleunhumanunkemptunkindunlickedunmercifulunpolishedunrefinedunrelentingunspiritualunsympatheticuntameduphillvilevillainousviolentvirulentwickedwildwoefulwolfishworstworthlesswretchedzoiczooidalzoologiczoological
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- դաժան adj (savagely violent)
- վայրագ adj (savagely violent)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- amansız adj (savagely violent)
- mərhəmətsiz adj (savagely violent)
- qəddar adj (savagely violent)
- rəhmsiz adj (savagely violent)
Belarusian
2 entries- брута́льны adj (savagely violent)
- жо́рсткі adj (savagely violent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жесто́к adj (savagely violent)
- зве́рски adj (savagely violent)
Catalan
1 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 殘忍 /残忍 adj (savagely violent)
- 野蠻 /野蛮 adj (savagely violent)
Dutch
1 entries- bruut adj (savagely violent)
Esperanto
1 entries- brutala adj (savagely violent)
Finnish
3 entries- brutaali adj (savagely violent)
- kova adj (savagely violent)
- raaka adj (savagely violent)
French
1 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
Galician
1 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
Georgian
4 entries- არაადამიანური adj (savagely violent)
- მხეცური adj (savagely violent)
- სასტიკი adj (savagely violent)
- უხეში adj (savagely violent)
German
2 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
- brutal adj (in heavy metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs)
Greek
2 entries- ζωώδης adj (savagely violent)
- κτηνώδης adj (savagely violent)
Hindi
2 entries- क्रूर adj (savagely violent)
- बर्बर adj (savagely violent)
Hungarian
1 entries- brutális adj (savagely violent)
Irish
1 entries- brúidiúil adj (savagely violent)
Italian
1 entries- brutale adj (savagely violent)
Latvian
2 entries- brutāls adj (savagely violent)
- dzīvniecisks adj (savagely violent)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žvėriškas adj (savagely violent)
Māori
3 entries- maukino adj (savagely violent)
- tunuhuruhuru adj (savagely violent)
- tūkino adj (savagely violent)
Norman
1 entries- bruta adj (savagely violent)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خشین adj (savagely violent)
Polish
1 entries- brutalny adj (savagely violent)
Portuguese
2 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
- brutal adj (in heavy metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs)
Romanian
1 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
Russian
3 entries- брута́льный adj (savagely violent)
- жесто́кий adj (savagely violent)
- зве́рский adj (savagely violent)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- brùideil adj (savagely violent)
Spanish
1 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
Swedish
1 entries- brutal adj (savagely violent)
Ukrainian
2 entries- брута́льний adj (savagely violent)
- жорсто́кий adj (savagely violent)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The city was ruined by the brutal force of nature.
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The cops are searching for clues to the brutal murder.
Source: tatoeba (238096)
We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence.
Source: tatoeba (639359)
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