Brutal

/ˈbɹu.təl/

Synonyms for "brutal" (326 found)

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Closest matches (66)

Adjective(19 words)

cruel savage arduous awesomebarbarian warfarebarbarianlike barbarousbarbarous communitiesbeastly bestial bloodiest bloodthirstier bloodthirstiest blunt brute brutish butcherly candid cool

abominable abstruse abusive adamic animal animalian animalic animalistic anthropophagous arduous arrant atrocious awful baneful barbarian barbaric barbarous base beastlike beastly

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beneath contemptbestial bitter blameworthy bloodthirsty bloodybloody mindedbloody-minded bodily boorish brutalized brute brutelike brutish cannibalistic carnal carnal-minded circean coarse cold-blooded complex contemptible

Adjective(2 words)

barbaric cold-blooded

Verb(1 words)

barbarized

Noun(2 words)

bashing battering

Strong matches (97)

crass critical crude cruel cruel-hearted cutthroat deadlydeath dealingdeath-bringing deathful deathly delicate demanding demoniac demoniacal deplorable despicable destructive detestable devilish

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Adjective(17 words)

cruel actcruel personcrueler cruelest crueller difficult direct extreme fell ferocious fiercer fierier great grizzliest grueling hardfisted harsh

Noun(2 words)

cudgelling gestapo

Related words (163)

instinctual intemperate internecine intricate jawbreakingkill crazykill-crazy killing knotted knotty laborious lamentable lapsed lethal loathsome lousy malign malignant material materialistic

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mean merciless mindless monstrous mortal murderous nasty neanderthal nefariousno picnicnoisome noncivilized nonrational nonspiritualnot easynotorious obnoxious odious offensive operose oppressive orgiastic outlandish outrageous pernicious physical pitiable pitiful pitiless postlapsarian primitive rank regrettable remorseless reprehensible repressive repulsive rigorous rotten roughrough-and-readyrude rugged rustic ruthless sad sadistic sanguinary sanguineous satanic savage scandalous scathing schlock scurvyset with thornssevere shabby shameful sharkish shocking shoddy slavering sordid spiny squalid steep strenuous subhuman swinish tameless tartarean terrible terroristic thorny ticklish toilsometoo badtough tricky troglodytic truculent tyrannical unchristian uncivil uncivilized unclean uncombed uncouth uncultivated uncultured unfeeling ungentle unhuman unkempt unkind unlicked unmerciful unpolished unrefined unspiritual unsympathetic untamed uphill vicious vile villainous virulent wicked wild woeful wolfish worst worthless wretched zoic zooidal zoologic zoological

Adjective(17 words)

intense killer rad roughshod ruffianly savagest severe straightforward tough tyrannic unrelenting vicious violentviolent actviolent insurrectionviolent pushesviolent shove

Noun(5 words)

massacring maulingmost violentsavagingviolent revolution study

Adjective(2 words)

savage vicious

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

adjective descriptiondescriptive termdescriptor difficulty evaluation exclamation interjection

More specific

14 entries

brutal conditionsbrutal forcebrutal honestybrutal punishmentbrutal schedulebrutal truthbrutal weatherbrutal workloadgrim sceneharsh critiquerad sweettough testwow

Collocations

8 entries

brutal criticismbrutal critiquebrutal honestybrutal punishmentbrutal schedulebrutal truthbrutal weatherbrutal workout

Inflections

2 entries

more brutalmost brutal

Derivations

5 entries

brutality brutalize brutalized brutalizing brutally

similar

3 entries

direct inhumane intense

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.

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The city was ruined by the brutal force of nature.

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The cops are searching for clues to the brutal murder.

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We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence.

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