He is a brute to his children.
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Brute
//bɹuːt//
Synonyms for "brute" (188 found)
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Strong matches (56)
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1 entriesTranslations
107 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- անասուն noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- անասուն noun (brutal person)
- գազան noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- գազան noun (brutal person)
Bulgarian
2 entries- звяр noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- скот noun (animal destitute of human reason)
Czech
1 entries- surovec noun (brutal person)
Danish
2 entries- bæst noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- udyr noun (animal destitute of human reason)
Esperanto
1 entries- bruto noun (brutal person)
Finnish
4 entries- eläimellinen adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- jalostumaton adj (crude, unpolished)
- järjetön adj (of animals: without reason or intelligence)
- karkea adj (crude, unpolished)
French
1 entries- brute noun (brutal person)
Galician
3 entries- besta noun (brutal person)
- besta brava noun (brutal person)
- bruto noun (brutal person)
German
4 entries- animalisch adj (of animals: without reason or intelligence)
- blöd adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- brachial adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- dumm adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
Greek
4 entries- αγριάνθρωπος noun (brutal person)
- ζώο noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- θηρίο noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- κτήνος noun (animal destitute of human reason)
Hebrew
2 entries- בהמה noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- בהמה noun (brutal person)
Hungarian
4 entries- bunkó adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- faragatlan adj (crude, unpolished)
- bestia noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- bunkó noun (brutal person)
Ido
2 entries- bruto noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- bruto noun (brutal person)
Irish
4 entries- brúidiúil adj (of animals: without reason or intelligence)
- brúidiúil adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- brúidiúil adj (brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless)
- ainmhí noun (animal destitute of human reason)
Italian
4 entries- bruto adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- bruto adj (crude, unpolished)
- bruto noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- bruto noun (brutal person)
Japanese
1 entries- 人でなし noun (brutal person)
Macedonian
4 entries- бе́смислен adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- груб adj (crude, unpolished)
- жи́вотно noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- скот noun (brutal person)
Māori
2 entries- nau(w)hea noun (brutal person)
- nauwhea noun (animal destitute of human reason)
Norwegian
1 entries- bølle noun (brutal person)
Old Irish
1 entries- brúit noun (brutal person)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- حیوان noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- حیوان noun (brutal person)
Polish
4 entries- bezrozumny adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- bezrozumny adj (unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless)
- bestia noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- brutal noun (brutal person)
Portuguese
3 entries- besta noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- bruto noun (brutal person)
- criatura noun (animal destitute of human reason)
Russian
4 entries- бессмы́сленный adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- гру́бый adj (crude, unpolished)
- живо́тное noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- скоти́на noun (brutal person)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- ainmhidh noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- beathach noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- brùid noun (brutal person)
Slovene
2 entries- brdavs noun (brutal person)
- grobijan noun (brutal person)
Spanish
4 entries- bruto adj (of humans: senseless, unreasoning)
- bruto adj (crude, unpolished)
- bestia noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- bruto noun (brutal person)
Swahili
1 entries- nunda noun (brutal person)
Swedish
4 entries- odjur noun (animal destitute of human reason)
- odjur noun (brutal person)
- omänniska noun (brutal person)
- sälle noun (brutal person)
Yiddish
4 entries- אַכזר noun (brutal person)
- חזיר־שלעגער noun (brutal person)
- עשׂו noun (brutal person)
- שלעגער noun (brutal person)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
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Don't be a brute.
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"Why do you hate me so much?" "Because you are a brute!"
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