Australian English Meaning of brute

brutal

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Definitions and Meaning of brute in English

Wordnet

brute (n)

a cruelly rapacious person

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Wordnet

brute (s)

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

Webster

brute (a.)

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.

Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.

Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.

Webster

brute (n.)

An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.

Webster

brute (v. t.)

To report; to bruit.

FAQs About the word brute

brutal

a cruelly rapacious person, a living organism characterized by voluntary movement, resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibilityNot having sensation; se

brutal,cruel,ruthless,savage,vicious,Atrocious,barbaric,barbaric,butcher's,Ferocious

benign,compassionate,humane,kind,sympathetic,warm,benign,charitable,Good-hearted,good-natured

brutally => brutally, brutalizing => brutalising, brutalized => brutalised, brutalization => brutalization, brutality => Brutality,