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Brutal

//ˈbɹu.təl//

Synonyms for "brutal" (275 found)

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Informal (50)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

mean base gross savage grim killing

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

hard rank rough wild fell bitter

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

tough

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

animal nasty

Adj, noun, slang(4 words)

delicate shoddy feral hard-earned

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

sad

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

harsh

Adj, slang(8 words)

rude wretched tricky hairy lousy diabolical sadistic bloody-minded

Adj, adv, slang(7 words)

rotten fierce deadly terrible beastly devilish pitiful

Adj, verb, slang(2 words)

shabby filthy

Adj, adv, noun, slang(3 words)

awful dreadful mortal

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

steep shocking

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

wicked

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

bloody dumb cruel

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

dire

Noun, slang(1 words)

schlock

Phrase, slang(1 words)

no picnic

General use (225)

Adj, noun, verb(8 words)

foul material complex violent fallen brute unhuman slavering

Adjective(135 words)

savage monstrous coarse fulsome atrocious outrageous rigorous mindless flagrant vicious sordid scandalous barbaric egregious abominable heartless barbarous enormous noisome repulsive

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shameful grievous obnoxious unclean infamous unfeeling uncultivated virulent unkempt oppressive worthless odious ferocious woeful unpolished uncouth heinous abusive formidable truculent earthy hateful contemptible strenuous knotty loathsome insensitive nefarious unsympathetic ticklish baneful swinish villainous destructive lamentable carnal abstruse satanic laborious uncultured hellish murderous bloodthirsty arduous crass blameworthy inclement pitiable boorish diabolic regrettable materialistic ruthless herculean detestable inhuman thorny wolfish demoniacal merciless pernicious fiendish ghoulish sanguineous instinctive brutish cold-blooded unkind unchristian orgiastic pitiless unlicked impolite operose toilsome repressive uncivil terroristic tyrannical internecine untamed cannibalistic ungentle ill-bred remorseless unmerciful inhumane rough-and-ready hard-fought sharkish animalistic difficile zoological anthropophagous jawbreaking noncivilized instinctual cruel-hearted postlapsarian unspiritual fiendlike ill-mannered Circean nonspiritual nonrational troglodytic beastlike tameless deathful zoic animalian animalic zoologic brutelike zooidal

Adjective(11 words)

savage fell beastly cruel brute vicious barbarous unrelenting bestial brutish roughshod

Adj, name(4 words)

severe vicious arrant Adamic

Adj, noun(30 words)

offensive crude vile critical primitive outlandish fatal scurvy rustic deplorable malignant infernal horrible fetid squalid barbarian despicable physical cutthroat sanguinary

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reprehensible bestial demoniac draconian spiny neanderthal lethal subhuman Tartarean ferine

Adj, verb(14 words)

rugged knotted unrefined difficult disgusting exacting malign intricate intemperate demanding uncivilized lapsed scathing uncombed

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(2 words)

worst uphill

Adj, adv(4 words)

notorious horrid fleshly deathly

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

gothic

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

bodily

Prep_phrase(1 words)

beneath contempt

Phrase(1 words)

too bad

bloody minded not easy hard earned hard fought set with thorns carnal-minded kill crazy kill-crazy death dealing death-bringing

Verb(1 words)

brutalized

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