What is another word for brutal?
2598 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bɹˈuːtə͡l], [ bɹˈuːtəl], [ b_ɹ_ˈuː_t_əl]
The word "brutal" is often used to describe violence, cruelty, or harshness. However, there are many synonyms that can be used to convey similar meanings. For example, "savage, fierce, ruthless, barbaric, and vicious" are all synonyms for brutal that describe violence or aggression. When it comes to cruelty, words like "heartless, merciless, and unfeeling" can be used instead of brutal. Meanwhile, "harsh, severe, and unforgiving" could be used to describe situations that are difficult or unpleasant to deal with without necessarily implying cruelty or violence. Whatever the context, there are plenty of synonyms available to add variety and depth to your writing.
Synonyms for Brutal:
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adj.
• barbarian • brutal • feral • hard • murderous • pitiless- Fiendish ,
- bloodthirsty ,
- coldhearted ,
- cutthroat ,
- hardhearted ,
- hellish ,
- merciless ,
- stony ,
- uncompassionate ,
- unforgiving ,
- unpitying ,
- unsympathetic ,
- hatchetjob ,
- killer instinct .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- galling ,
- in temperate ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-temperate ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- un palatable ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-palatable ,
- un-pleasant .
- cold blooded ,
- dis passionate ,
- dis-passionate ,
- hard boiled ,
- hard hearted ,
- matter-of-fact ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more stony hearted ,
- more stony-hearted ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most stony hearted ,
- most stony-hearted ,
- steelier ,
- steeliest ,
- un compassionate ,
- un emotional ,
- un moved ,
- un-compassionate ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-moved .
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- flinty ,
- in exorable ,
- in-exorable ,
- more demoniac ,
- more evil ,
- most demoniac ,
- painful ,
- re vengeful ,
- re-vengeful ,
- un natural ,
- un relenting ,
- un-natural ,
- un-relenting .
- Flipped ,
- apest ,
- enraged ,
- howling ,
- more flipped ,
- more howling ,
- most flipped ,
- most howling ,
- tumultous tumultuous ,
- tumultous-tumultuous ,
- tumultoustumultuous ,
- un controllable ,
- un-controllable ,
- venomous .
- fabber ,
- fabbest ,
- first rate ,
- firstrate ,
- greater ,
- hellacious ,
- more dynamite ,
- more hellacious ,
- more super duper ,
- more super-duper ,
- more superduper ,
- more surpassing ,
- more transcendent ,
- most dynamite ,
- most hellacious ,
- most super duper ,
- most super-duper ,
- most superduper ,
- most surpassing ,
- out of sight ,
- out of world ,
- out sight ,
- out this world ,
- out world ,
- super duper ,
- sur passing ,
- sur-passing ,
- un mitigated ,
- un qualified ,
- un-mitigated ,
- un-qualified .
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- hard nosed ,
- hard-nosed ,
- hardshell ,
- more cussed ,
- more hard nosed ,
- most cussed ,
- un gracious ,
- un-gracious .
- Over-bearing ,
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-heartening ,
- more confining ,
- more depressive ,
- more disheartening ,
- more headache ,
- more ironhanded ,
- more superincumbent ,
- most confining ,
- most depressive ,
- most disheartening ,
- most headache ,
- most ironhanded ,
- most superincumbent ,
- over bearing ,
- super incumbent ,
- super-incumbent .
- de finite ,
- de-finite ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- more unpermissive ,
- most unpermissive ,
- un compromising ,
- un permissive ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-permissive ,
- unpermissive .
- killer ,
- more ironfisted ,
- more killer ,
- most ironfisted ,
- most killer ,
- un appeasable ,
- un forgiving ,
- un yielding ,
- un-appeasable ,
- un-forgiving ,
- un-yielding .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- in a state nature ,
- in state nature ,
- in state of nature ,
- more ferine ,
- more nonliterate ,
- more unbroken ,
- more unmodified ,
- most ferine ,
- most nonliterate ,
- most unbroken ,
- most unmodified ,
- non literate ,
- non-literate ,
- un broken ,
- un modified ,
- un spoiled ,
- un-broken ,
- un-modified ,
- un-spoiled ,
- unspoiled .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- co wing ,
- co-wing ,
- more browbeating ,
- more cowing ,
- more invective ,
- more terrorizing ,
- more vituperous ,
- most browbeating ,
- most cowing ,
- most invective ,
- most terrorizing ,
- most vituperous .
- Iron-hearted ,
- be numbed ,
- be-numbed ,
- in animate ,
- in sensate ,
- in-animate ,
- in-sensate ,
- iron hearted ,
- more anesthetized ,
- more deadened ,
- more feelingless ,
- more iron hearted ,
- more iron-hearted ,
- more ironhearted ,
- more sensationless ,
- more unamiable ,
- more uncordial ,
- most anesthetized ,
- most deadened ,
- most feelingless ,
- most iron hearted ,
- most iron-hearted ,
- most ironhearted ,
- most sensationless ,
- most unamiable ,
- most uncordial ,
- un amiable ,
- un cordial ,
- un feeling ,
- un-amiable ,
- un-cordial ,
- un-feeling .
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adv.
• beastly- foul .
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n.
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•
- awful ,
- hateful ,
- uncharitable .
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•
- comfort ,
- decent ,
- fine ,
- genuine ,
- good ,
- honest ,
- irreproachable ,
- principled ,
- sincere ,
- truthful ,
- upstanding .
Other synonyms:
- abusive ,
- disorderly ,
- full-frontal ,
- riotous ,
- ugly .
- bitter .
- severe .
Other relevant words:
- 144 ,
- 1st ,
- 1st class ,
- 1st-class mail ,
- abhorrence ,
- abject ,
- ablaze ,
- abnormal ,
- abominably ,
- aborigine ,
- about ,
- aboveboard ,
- abradant ,
- abrasion ,
- abrasive material ,
- abrasiveness ,
- absent ,
- absolute ,
- absorb ,
- abyssal ,
- acceptable ,
- acclivitous ,
- accomplished ,
- accurate ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- acetify ,
- acid ,
- acidify ,
- acidity ,
- acidulate ,
- acrid ,
- activist ,
- actual ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- acutely ,
- adamantine ,
- add ,
- add together ,
- add up ,
- additive ,
- address ,
- adept ,
- aeonian ,
- affected ,
- affecting ,
- afford ,
- aflame ,
- afoul ,
- after part ,
- ageless ,
- aggregate ,
- aggressiveness ,
- agitating ,
- agitative ,
- agonising ,
- agonistic ,
- agonistical ,
- agrestic ,
- ail ,
- ailing ,
- ailment ,
- aim ,
- air ,
- airy ,
- al qaeda ,
- al qaida ,
- alas ,
- alkali ,
- all ,
- all important ,
- all over ,
- all right ,
- all-fired ,
- all-firedly ,
- all-important ,
- alright ,
- altogether ,
- amazing ,
- amercement ,
- amiss ,
- amount ,
- analog ,
- analogue ,
- ancestry ,
- angered ,
- animal ,
- animate being ,
- annihilating ,
- annihilative ,
- annoyance ,
- antediluvian ,
- anthropoid ,
- anti-intellectual ,
- antic ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathetical ,
- antiquated ,
- appal ,
- appall ,
- apparent ,
- apparently ,
- apprehension ,
- apprehensiveness ,
- approximate ,
- approximately ,
- approximative ,
- arch ,
- archetype ,
- arctic ,
- ardent ,
- aright ,
- arise ,
- around ,
- arse ,
- arsonist ,
- artless ,
- ascetic ,
- ascetical ,
- ass ,
- assailable ,
- assault ,
- astute ,
- at peace ,
- at rest ,
- atrociousness ,
- atrophy ,
- attrition ,
- au naturel ,
- avaricious ,
- average ,
- avid ,
- away ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- awed ,
- awesome ,
- awing ,
- awkward ,
- awry ,
- babble ,
- babble out ,
- bacchanal ,
- bacchanalian ,
- bacchic ,
- back up ,
- backside ,
- bad-mannered ,
- badmouth ,
- badness ,
- baffling ,
- bag ,
- bald-headed ,
- bald-pated ,
- baleful ,
- bally ,
- ballyrag ,
- ban ,
- bang ,
- bang-up ,
- banning ,
- barbarousness ,
- barbed ,
- barbellate ,
- bare-ass ,
- bare-assed ,
- barefaced ,
- barely ,
- barf ,
- barren ,
- basal ,
- base of operations ,
- baseborn ,
- baseless ,
- basely ,
- basis ,
- bastardly ,
- battleful ,
- battler ,
- battue ,
- be given ,
- be sick ,
- beef ,
- befoul ,
- beggarly ,
- beginning ,
- behemoth ,
- behind ,
- bend ,
- beneficial ,
- benighted ,
- benumb ,
- benumbed ,
- besotted ,
- bibulous ,
- big ,
- biological ,
- birthday suit ,
- bitch ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterness ,
- bizarre ,
- blab ,
- blab out ,
- black ,
- black market ,
- blamable ,
- blame ,
- blameable ,
- blamed ,
- blameful ,
- blameless ,
- blast ,
- blasted ,
- blasting ,
- blazing ,
- bleed ,
- blessed ,
- blighter ,
- blind drunk ,
- blinding ,
- blinking ,
- blistering ,
- bloke ,
- blood line ,
- bloodcurdling ,
- bloodline ,
- bloodstained ,
- blooming ,
- blotto ,
- blowy ,
- blue ,
- bluff out ,
- blustering ,
- blusterous ,
- bold ,
- boor ,
- boot ,
- boozy ,
- born ,
- boss around ,
- bossy ,
- botchy ,
- bother ,
- bothersome ,
- bottom ,
- bouldered ,
- bouldery ,
- bounderish ,
- bourgeois ,
- bowelless ,
- brainish ,
- brainsick ,
- brawny ,
- break away ,
- breezy ,
- briary ,
- briery ,
- bright ,
- brilliant ,
- bristle ,
- bristled ,
- bristly ,
- broken ,
- browbeat ,
- brusk ,
- brutally ,
- buckram ,
- building complex ,
- bulletproof ,
- bully ,
- bullyrag ,
- bum ,
- bumbling ,
- bump off ,
- bumpkinly ,
- bumpy ,
- bunglesome ,
- bungling ,
- bunk ,
- buns ,
- burred ,
- burry ,
- business firm ,
- businesslike ,
- butt ,
- butterfingered ,
- buttery ,
- buttocks ,
- byzantine ,
- cadaver ,
- caddish ,
- calculate ,
- calloused ,
- campaign ,
- can ,
- cancel ,
- cancelled ,
- capable ,
- capital ,
- capricious ,
- cardinal ,
- caricature ,
- cark ,
- carousing ,
- carry ,
- carving ,
- case-hardened ,
- cast ,
- cat ,
- catastrophic ,
- catchy ,
- cause of death ,
- cauterise ,
- cauterize ,
- censurable ,
- central ,
- cephalalgia ,
- champaign ,
- channelise ,
- channelize ,
- chaotic ,
- chap ,
- charge ,
- charnel ,
- cheap ,
- cheapjack ,
- cheating ,
- cheerless ,
- cheesy ,
- chevalier ,
- chief ,
- childlike ,
- chintzy ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- chuck ,
- churl ,
- churning ,
- clamant ,
- clay ,
- clayey ,
- cleanup ,
- clear ,
- clear-cut ,
- clipping ,
- clod ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- cloggy ,
- close ,
- close to ,
- closed ,
- closely ,
- cloth ,
- clumsy ,
- clunky ,
- coarse-grained ,
- cockeyed ,
- cocksure ,
- cogent ,
- cold-eyed ,
- coldness ,
- colossus ,
- combatant ,
- come ,
- comfortableness ,
- comforter ,
- commencement ,
- commodity ,
- common ,
- common cold ,
- compensate ,
- competitive ,
- complain ,
- complaint ,
- completely ,
- complicated ,
- composite ,
- compressed ,
- con ,
- concealed ,
- concentrated ,
- concluded ,
- conduct ,
- confident ,
- confirming ,
- congest ,
- conscientious ,
- consecutive ,
- conservative ,
- consolation ,
- console ,
- consort ,
- constrained ,
- constrict ,
- constringe ,
- consuming ,
- consummate ,
- contaminate ,
- contentious ,
- contract ,
- contrary ,
- convinced ,
- convoluted ,
- cool ,
- coordination compound ,
- copycat ,
- corking ,
- cornerstone ,
- corporal ,
- corporeal ,
- corpse ,
- corpulent ,
- correct ,
- correctly ,
- corrosive ,
- counter ,
- countrified ,
- countryfied ,
- course ,
- courteous ,
- covetous ,
- cowardly ,
- cracking ,
- crafty ,
- crappy ,
- crashing ,
- creature ,
- crimson ,
- cripple ,
- crippled ,
- crisp ,
- croaky ,
- crocked ,
- crucial ,
- crucify ,
- cruddy ,
- crude oil ,
- cruelness ,
- crushed ,
- crusty ,
- crying ,
- culpable ,
- cumbrous ,
- cunning ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- curve ,
- cuss ,
- cussed ,
- cut ,
- cut down ,
- cutting off ,
- dainty ,
- damage ,
- damn ,
- damnable ,
- damned ,
- dandy ,
- darkness ,
- darned ,
- daunting ,
- dazzling ,
- dead ,
- deaden ,
- deaf ,
- deafening ,
- dear ,
- deathlike ,
- debased ,
- debauched ,
- decayed ,
- deceased ,
- decently ,
- decisive ,
- deep ,
- defective ,
- defenseless ,
- deficient ,
- defile ,
- deform ,
- dehumanised ,
- dehumanized ,
- deleterious ,
- delicately ,
- delirious ,
- demented ,
- demon ,
- demoralising ,
- demoralizing ,
- denigration ,
- dense ,
- denudate ,
- denude ,
- denuded ,
- departed ,
- dependable ,
- depleted ,
- deplorably ,
- deprecating ,
- deprecative ,
- deprecatory ,
- depreciative ,
- depreciatory ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- deranged ,
- derriere ,
- descent ,
- desecrate ,
- desolate ,
- despairing ,
- despotical ,
- detached ,
- deteriorate ,
- detestably ,
- detestation ,
- detrition ,
- deuced ,
- deucedly ,
- devalued ,
- deviant ,
- deviate ,
- device characteristic ,
- devil ,
- devilishly ,
- devolve ,
- devouring ,
- devout ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- diamond ,
- dictator ,
- die hard ,
- difficulty ,
- diffraction grating ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- dingy ,
- directly ,
- direful ,
- dirty ,
- disadvantageously ,
- disastrous ,
- discharge ,
- discommode ,
- disconnected ,
- disconsolate ,
- discourteous ,
- discreditably ,
- discriminating ,
- disdainful ,
- diseased ,
- disgorge ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgusted ,
- disgustful ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonorably ,
- dishonour ,
- dishonourably ,
- dismal ,
- dismaying ,
- disoblige ,
- disorder ,
- dispatch ,
- dispirited ,
- disputatious ,
- disputative ,
- disquiet ,
- disruptive ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- distasteful ,
- distastefully ,
- distinct ,
- distinguished ,
- distorted ,
- distract ,
- distressful ,
- disturb ,
- disturbed ,
- do-or-die ,
- dodgy ,
- dog ,
- dogged ,
- doggo ,
- dolourous ,
- dominating ,
- dotty ,
- double-dyed ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- down-to-earth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- downright ,
- drab ,
- drag through the mud ,
- draining ,
- draw ,
- dreaded ,
- drear ,
- drearily ,
- dreary ,
- dreck ,
- drop ,
- drunken ,
- dull ,
- dusty ,
- earlier ,
- ease ,
- easy ,
- eating away ,
- eccentric ,
- echt ,
- edacious ,
- edged ,
- effective ,
- electropositive ,
- elemental ,
- elementary ,
- elongate ,
- elusive ,
- emotional ,
- emphatic ,
- emulator ,
- enceinte ,
- encounter ,
- ended ,
- endless ,
- endure ,
- engineer ,
- engrave ,
- engross ,
- engulf ,
- entail ,
- entire ,
- entirely ,
- enured ,
- eonian ,
- erection ,
- eroding ,
- erose ,
- erosion ,
- erosive ,
- escape ,
- especial ,
- establish ,
- estimable ,
- esurient ,
- everlasting ,
- evident ,
- evidently ,
- evilness ,
- exact ,
- examination ,
- exceeding ,
- exceptionable ,
- excessive ,
- excited ,
- execration ,
- execute ,
- execution ,
- expectant ,
- exposed ,
- exquisite ,
- exquisitely ,
- extend ,
- extortionate ,
- extraordinary ,
- extravagant ,
- extreme point ,
- extremum ,
- exuberant ,
- fabric ,
- fabulous ,
- face-off ,
- fair ,
- faller ,
- false ,
- famished ,
- fanatic ,
- fanatical ,
- fanny ,
- fantabulous ,
- fantastic ,
- fantastical ,
- farinaceous ,
- fascistic ,
- fashion ,
- fast ,
- fast-growing ,
- fateful ,
- faulty ,
- fauna ,
- fear ,
- fearsome ,
- feature ,
- fed up ,
- feeble ,
- feed ,
- fella ,
- felled seam ,
- fellow ,
- felonious ,
- ferment ,
- ferociously ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- field ,
- fiend ,
- fierceness ,
- fighter ,
- fill in ,
- fill out ,
- film editing ,
- filthily ,
- finely ,
- finespun ,
- finish ,
- firebomb ,
- firebug ,
- firmly ,
- first base ,
- first gear ,
- first harmonic ,
- first of all ,
- first off ,
- first-class ,
- first-class mail ,
- firstly ,
- fitting ,
- fixed ,
- flakey ,
- flaky ,
- flaming ,
- flat ,
- fleshy ,
- flint ,
- floor ,
- flop ,
- flow ,
- flush ,
- fly ,
- fly the coop ,
- flyblown ,
- foot ,
- foot race ,
- footrace ,
- forbiddance ,
- force ,
- foremost ,
- forged ,
- forgetful ,
- forth ,
- forthrightly ,
- fossil oil ,
- foul-smelling ,
- fouled ,
- found ,
- foundation ,
- four flush ,
- foxy ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- frankfurter ,
- freak ,
- freaky ,
- free-base ,
- free-spoken ,
- frenetic ,
- frigidity ,
- frosty ,
- frozen ,
- fucking ,
- fuddled ,
- fulgent ,
- full ,
- full-strength ,
- function ,
- fundament ,
- fundamental frequency ,
- funky ,
- furiousness ,
- furrowed ,
- fury ,
- fuss ,
- gaga ,
- game ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- gauche ,
- gawk ,
- gawky ,
- gelid ,
- gent ,
- get up ,
- get-go ,
- giant ,
- gibelike ,
- gimpy ,
- give ,
- give up ,
- glacial ,
- glary ,
- gloomful ,
- glooming ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- gnarled ,
- gnarly ,
- go ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- godforsaken ,
- goliath ,
- gone ,
- goodish ,
- goodly ,
- goodness ,
- goon ,
- gore ,
- goth ,
- gothic architecture ,
- grabby ,
- gracious ,
- grade ,
- grainy ,
- grampus ,
- grand ,
- granitelike ,
- granitic ,
- granular ,
- granulose ,
- graphical ,
- grasping ,
- grate ,
- gratingly ,
- grave accent ,
- gravelly ,
- gravid ,
- gripe ,
- groovy ,
- grotesquely ,
- ground ,
- groundless ,
- groundwork ,
- grudging ,
- guide ,
- guileful ,
- guttural consonant ,
- hadean ,
- hair-raising ,
- half-baked ,
- half-crazed ,
- halt ,
- halting ,
- ham-fisted ,
- ham-handed ,
- handless ,
- hapless ,
- hard-and-fast ,
- hard-hitting ,
- harden ,
- hardheaded ,
- hardness ,
- harebrained ,
- hassle ,
- haughty ,
- haunting ,
- have in mind ,
- haywire ,
- hazardous ,
- head ,
- head for the hills ,
- headache ,
- healthy ,
- heart-to-heart ,
- heartfelt ,
- heartrending ,
- hector ,
- heinously ,
- heinousness ,
- hellishly ,
- heroic ,
- heterosexual ,
- heterosexual person ,
- hick ,
- hidden ,
- hide ,
- higgledy-piggledy ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- high-risk ,
- highly ,
- hightail it ,
- hind end ,
- hindquarters ,
- hirsute ,
- hoarse ,
- hoggish ,
- hold up ,
- hold water ,
- home ,
- homely ,
- hone ,
- honk ,
- honorable ,
- hood ,
- hoodlum ,
- hooligan ,
- horny ,
- hostility ,
- hot ,
- hot dog ,
- hotdog ,
- hotheaded ,
- house ,
- howl ,
- huffy ,
- hugely ,
- hugger-mugger ,
- humanist ,
- humanistic ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humbly ,
- humiliated ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hunt ,
- hunt down ,
- hurt ,
- husky ,
- icky ,
- idle ,
- igneous ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-chosen ,
- ill-famed ,
- ill-humored ,
- ill-humoured ,
- ill-scented ,
- ill-timed ,
- illiterate ,
- imitator ,
- immaterial ,
- immerse ,
- immobile ,
- immorality ,
- impassioned ,
- impassive ,
- impenetrable ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- imply ,
- imposing ,
- impractical ,
- impregnable ,
- improbable ,
- impulsive ,
- impure ,
- in earnest ,
- in effect ,
- in force ,
- in hiding ,
- in secret ,
- in the altogether ,
- in the buff ,
- in the raw ,
- in writing ,
- in-situ ,
- inadequate ,
- inapt ,
- inaugural ,
- inaugurate ,
- inauspicious ,
- incendiary bomb ,
- incisive ,
- incitive ,
- inclemency ,
- incline ,
- incommode ,
- incompatible ,
- incontrovertible ,
- inconvenience ,
- inconvenience oneself ,
- incorrectly ,
- inculpable ,
- indecorous ,
- indefinable ,
- indescribable ,
- indescribably ,
- indigen ,
- indigene ,
- indignation ,
- indiscernible ,
- indispensable ,
- indisposed ,
- individual ,
- indocile ,
- ineffable ,
- ineffably ,
- inept ,
- inequitable ,
- inert ,
- inflammatory ,
- infrastructure ,
- infuse ,
- inglorious ,
- ingloriously ,
- inhibitory ,
- inhuman treatment ,
- inhumanity ,
- inimical ,
- iniquity ,
- initiative ,
- initiatory ,
- inmate ,
- innate ,
- inordinate ,
- insanely ,
- inscribe ,
- insentient ,
- insidious ,
- insistent ,
- instant ,
- instigative ,
- insultingly ,
- intemperately ,
- intend ,
- interminable ,
- intimidation ,
- intolerant ,
- intransigent ,
- intuitive ,
- inure ,
- inured ,
- inviolable ,
- involved ,
- irrational number ,
- irrefutable ,
- irrepressible ,
- irritating ,
- irritation ,
- jaggy ,
- jangly ,
- jeering ,
- jejune ,
- jolting ,
- jolty ,
- jumbled ,
- jumpy ,
- just ,
- just about ,
- justly ,
- keister ,
- key ,
- kick back ,
- kicking ,
- kickoff ,
- kill ,
- killer whale ,
- kinky ,
- knavish ,
- knifelike ,
- knit ,
- knit stitch ,
- knobbed ,
- knock-down ,
- knock-down-and-drag-out ,
- knockabout ,
- knockout ,
- kvetch ,
- labored ,
- laboured ,
- lachrymation ,
- lachrymose ,
- lacking ,
- laconic ,
- lacrimation ,
- lactating ,
- lad ,
- ladder ,
- lam ,
- lament ,
- lamentably ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- large ,
- lasting ,
- lavish ,
- lead ,
- leaden ,
- lean ,
- lecture ,
- left-handed ,
- legal injury ,
- let the cat out of the bag ,
- libertine ,
- life-threatening ,
- lifelessly ,
- lifelike ,
- light ,
- line ,
- line of descent ,
- lineage ,
- lineal ,
- literal ,
- litigious ,
- loaded ,
- loathing ,
- loathly ,
- logger ,
- long-winded ,
- looney ,
- loony ,
- loose ,
- lordly ,
- loutish ,
- low gear ,
- low temperature ,
- low-down ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lowbrowed ,
- lowering ,
- lowly ,
- loyal ,
- lubber ,
- lumbering ,
- lumberjack ,
- lumberman ,
- lummox ,
- lump ,
- lumpen ,
- lumpish ,
- lurid ,
- lush ,
- lustful ,
- luxuriant ,
- luxuriate ,
- maculate ,
- madcap ,
- madly ,
- maiden ,
- maimed ,
- main ,
- majuscule ,
- make out ,
- malefic ,
- maneuver ,
- mangle ,
- maniac ,
- manic ,
- manifest ,
- manifestly ,
- manner ,
- manoeuver ,
- manoeuvre ,
- marginal ,
- marked-up ,
- martial ,
- marvellous ,
- marvellously ,
- marvelously ,
- master ,
- master copy ,
- masterful ,
- mastermind ,
- mealy ,
- mean value ,
- meanness ,
- meanspirited ,
- measly ,
- mediaeval ,
- medieval ,
- megascopic ,
- melt ,
- melt down ,
- membership ,
- mephistophelean ,
- mephistophelian ,
- mercenary ,
- mercilessness ,
- mere ,
- mettlesome ,
- mightily ,
- minatory ,
- miniskirt ,
- minute ,
- miraculous ,
- mischievous ,
- mischievously ,
- misfortunate ,
- misrepresented ,
- missing ,
- mocking ,
- mode ,
- modest ,
- moisture ,
- monstrosity ,
- moo ,
- moody ,
- mop up ,
- more or less ,
- morose ,
- moth-eaten ,
- motiveless ,
- mouth ,
- move ,
- mulct ,
- munificent ,
- muscular ,
- mute ,
- mutilate ,
- nail ,
- nail down ,
- naive ,
- naked as a jaybird ,
- narrow down ,
- narrow-minded ,
- nates ,
- natural state ,
- naturalistic ,
- naughtily ,
- nauseated ,
- neandertal ,
- neanderthalian ,
- near ,
- neat ,
- necessary ,
- necessity ,
- needlelike ,
- nerve-racking ,
- nerve-wracking ,
- nescient ,
- nettlesome ,
- neutral ,
- new ,
- newspaper clipping ,
- nifty ,
- night ,
- nighttime ,
- nipping ,
- nonchurchgoing ,
- noncivilised ,
- nonindulgent ,
- not bad ,
- notched ,
- nucleotide ,
- nude ,
- number ,
- number 1 ,
- nutcase ,
- oaf ,
- oafish ,
- obese ,
- objectionably ,
- obscure ,
- obstinate ,
- obtuse ,
- obviously ,
- odiously ,
- odium ,
- of the essence ,
- off-the-wall ,
- offence ,
- offend ,
- offense ,
- offset ,
- ogre ,
- oil ,
- oily ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old ,
- oleaginous ,
- olympian ,
- ominous ,
- one ,
- one-dimensional ,
- open air ,
- open up ,
- opened ,
- operate ,
- opposition ,
- oppressiveness ,
- or so ,
- orca ,
- orchestrate ,
- order ,
- organise ,
- organize ,
- origin ,
- out of it ,
- out of the ordinary ,
- out of view ,
- out-of-doors ,
- outdoors ,
- outlaw ,
- outpouring ,
- outrageously ,
- outrageousness ,
- outrank ,
- outre ,
- outset ,
- outstanding ,
- over ,
- over-the-top ,
- overconfident ,
- overgenerous ,
- overly ,
- overnice ,
- overt ,
- overweight ,
- overzealous ,
- pachydermatous ,
- pain ,
- pale ,
- pallid ,
- palpable ,
- paltry ,
- parentage ,
- particular ,
- pass ,
- patent ,
- patently ,
- pathetic ,
- pathologic ,
- pathological ,
- peach ,
- peachy ,
- peaked ,
- peasant ,
- pedestal ,
- pedigree ,
- peeled ,
- peg down ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- peremptory ,
- perfect tense ,
- perfective ,
- perfective tense ,
- perfervid ,
- perpetrator ,
- perpetual ,
- persist ,
- person ,
- personal manner ,
- pertinacious ,
- perturb ,
- perturbing ,
- pervert ,
- pesky ,
- pestering ,
- pestiferous ,
- pestilent ,
- petroleum ,
- pharyngeal ,
- pharyngeal consonant ,
- phrenetic ,
- pictorial ,
- piddle ,
- piddle away ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piercing ,
- piercingly ,
- piggish ,
- piggy ,
- pillory ,
- pilot ,
- pin down ,
- pip ,
- pissed ,
- piteous ,
- pitilessness ,
- pixilated ,
- place ,
- place upright ,
- plaguey ,
- plaguy ,
- plain stitch ,
- plainly ,
- plainspoken ,
- plastered ,
- play ,
- plebeian ,
- plunge ,
- plus ,
- plutonian ,
- ply ,
- point ,
- point-blank ,
- polar ,
- polish off ,
- political campaign ,
- pollute ,
- ponderous ,
- poop ,
- poor people ,
- porcine ,
- positive degree ,
- positively charged ,
- positivist ,
- positivistic ,
- possessed ,
- posterior ,
- postmark ,
- practical ,
- practiced ,
- pragmatic ,
- pragmatical ,
- prankish ,
- prat ,
- precipitous ,
- predaceous ,
- predacious ,
- prehensile ,
- preliterate ,
- prescribed ,
- press clipping ,
- press cutting ,
- prevail ,
- prickly ,
- prideful ,
- primaeval ,
- primal ,
- primary coil ,
- primary election ,
- primary feather ,
- primary quill ,
- primary winding ,
- primitive person ,
- principal ,
- prissy ,
- problem ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prodigious ,
- profane ,
- profligate ,
- profound ,
- profoundly ,
- profuse ,
- promiscuous ,
- properly ,
- prosaic ,
- public lecture ,
- publicise ,
- publicize ,
- puckish ,
- puff ,
- puke ,
- pungent ,
- punitory ,
- punk ,
- pure ,
- purge ,
- push around ,
- put out ,
- putting to death ,
- quarter ,
- queasy ,
- quelling ,
- question of fact ,
- quetch ,
- quilt ,
- rabble-rousing ,
- race ,
- rack up ,
- radical ,
- radix ,
- raiding ,
- rake ,
- rambunctious ,
- rampantly ,
- rancid ,
- randy ,
- range ,
- rank and file ,
- rape ,
- raptorial ,
- rascally ,
- rasping ,
- raspingly ,
- raspy ,
- rate ,
- rattling ,
- ratty ,
- raunchy ,
- ravel ,
- raving mad ,
- ravingly ,
- ravish ,
- real ,
- rear ,
- rear end ,
- reasonless ,
- rebarbative ,
- receipts ,
- receptive ,
- recoil ,
- recondite ,
- rectify ,
- red ,
- redoubtable ,
- redress ,
- regorge ,
- regretful ,
- regrettably ,
- regurgitate ,
- reliable ,
- remains ,
- remove ,
- repellant ,
- repelling ,
- repressing ,
- reprobate ,
- repugnant ,
- requirement ,
- requisite ,
- resistant ,
- respectable ,
- restrained ,
- retch ,
- reticent ,
- revenue ,
- right field ,
- right hand ,
- right on ,
- right wing ,
- right-down ,
- right-hand ,
- rightfield ,
- rightfulness ,
- rigor ,
- rigorousness ,
- rigour ,
- rigourousness ,
- rill ,
- rip ,
- ripe ,
- ripping ,
- rise ,
- rising ,
- risky ,
- rivulet ,
- robustious ,
- rock oil ,
- rocklike ,
- rocky ,
- roguish ,
- roiled ,
- roiling ,
- roily ,
- root ,
- root word ,
- rotted ,
- rottenly ,
- rotund ,
- roue ,
- rough in ,
- rough out ,
- rough-cut ,
- roughneck ,
- roughness ,
- round-eyed ,
- rowdy ,
- royalist ,
- rudimentary ,
- ruffian ,
- ruffianly ,
- rumbustious ,
- rump ,
- run away ,
- run for ,
- runnel ,
- running ,
- running game ,
- running play ,
- rush ,
- ruthlessness ,
- ruttish ,
- safe ,
- salacious ,
- salutary ,
- sanguine ,
- satisfactory ,
- saturnine ,
- savageness ,
- scandal ,
- scandalisation ,
- scandalise ,
- scandalization ,
- scandalize ,
- scanty ,
- scarce ,
- scarcely ,
- scarper ,
- scat ,
- scraggy ,
- scrapper ,
- scratch ,
- scratchiness ,
- scratchy ,
- screwball ,
- scrimy ,
- scrupulous ,
- sculpt ,
- sculpture ,
- scummy ,
- scurrilous ,
- scurvily ,
- sea wolf ,
- seamy ,
- searching ,
- seat ,
- secretly ,
- secure ,
- sedate ,
- seditious ,
- seedy ,
- send ,
- senseless ,
- sensitive ,
- sepulchral ,
- serious ,
- set ,
- severeness ,
- severity ,
- shadow ,
- sharp-set ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharply ,
- sheer ,
- shepherd's crook ,
- shitty ,
- shlock ,
- shock ,
- short ,
- showdown ,
- showery ,
- showtime ,
- shrewd ,
- shrill ,
- sick of ,
- sickening ,
- sickish ,
- sickly ,
- sidesplitting ,
- signify ,
- silent ,
- simple-minded ,
- simpleton ,
- sinewy ,
- sing ,
- sinister ,
- sizable ,
- sizeable ,
- skanky ,
- skilful ,
- skillful ,
- slap-up ,
- slay ,
- slayer ,
- slaying ,
- sleazy ,
- slick ,
- slighting ,
- slimy ,
- slip ,
- slippery ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- slow ,
- sluttish ,
- sly ,
- small ,
- smarmy ,
- smashed ,
- smashing ,
- smelly ,
- smutty ,
- snarled ,
- snarly ,
- sniffy ,
- so-so ,
- soak up ,
- soaked ,
- soapy ,
- sober ,
- social rank ,
- social station ,
- social status ,
- sodding ,
- soft ,
- softheaded ,
- soiled ,
- solace ,
- solemn ,
- solid ,
- somatic ,
- some ,
- somebody ,
- someone ,
- sonorous ,
- soonest ,
- soothe ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- soul ,
- sound ,
- sound off ,
- soundly ,
- sourness ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- spare ,
- speak ,
- special ,
- specialise ,
- specialize ,
- specify ,
- speculative ,
- speechless ,
- spew ,
- spill ,
- spill the beans ,
- spinous ,
- spirited ,
- splanchnic ,
- splendid ,
- spoiled ,
- spoilt ,
- spread ,
- spread out ,
- spue ,
- spunky ,
- square ,
- squarely ,
- squawk ,
- squeamish ,
- squiffy ,
- stabbing ,
- staggeringly ,
- staidly ,
- stale ,
- stand ,
- stand for ,
- starchy ,
- staring ,
- stark naked ,
- start ,
- starting time ,
- starved ,
- state of nature ,
- steadfast ,
- steadfastly ,
- steady ,
- steamy ,
- steer ,
- stem ,
- stemma ,
- sterling ,
- stick up ,
- stiffly ,
- stiffness ,
- stifling ,
- stimulated ,
- sting ,
- stinking ,
- stinky ,
- stirred ,
- stirred up ,
- stock ,
- straight person ,
- straight-from-the-shoulder ,
- straightaway ,
- strained ,
- straining ,
- streak ,
- streamlet ,
- street fighter ,
- stressful ,
- strike down ,
- strip ,
- stripped ,
- strong-armer ,
- strong-growing ,
- stuff ,
- stumblebum ,
- sturdy ,
- style ,
- subject ,
- subjugation ,
- subscript ,
- substandard ,
- substantial ,
- substantive ,
- substructure ,
- subtle ,
- suffering ,
- sulfurous ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- sultry ,
- sum ,
- sum up ,
- summate ,
- super ,
- superbly ,
- supercilious ,
- superlative ,
- suppression ,
- surd ,
- surface ,
- surly ,
- surpassing ,
- swaggering ,
- swell ,
- tail ,
- tail end ,
- take ,
- take aim ,
- take to the woods ,
- talk of the town ,
- talking ,
- tall ,
- tall order ,
- tally ,
- tangled ,
- target ,
- tart ,
- tartness ,
- tattle ,
- tatty ,
- taunting ,
- taut ,
- tauten ,
- tawdry ,
- tearaway ,
- tearful ,
- teasing ,
- technical ,
- tedious ,
- telling ,
- tempered ,
- tenacious ,
- tend ,
- tender ,
- teras ,
- terminated ,
- terrorisation ,
- terrorization ,
- test ,
- textile ,
- theme ,
- thickened ,
- think ,
- think of ,
- thinning ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thoroughly ,
- thoughtlessly ,
- thrill ,
- throw up ,
- thunderous ,
- thundery ,
- ticket ,
- tidy ,
- tike ,
- timorous ,
- tinny ,
- tired of ,
- to a fault ,
- to a great extent ,
- tomb ,
- too ,
- too-generous ,
- tooshie ,
- toothed ,
- toppingly ,
- topsy-turvy ,
- torrid ,
- tortuous ,
- torturesome ,
- torturing ,
- tot ,
- tot up ,
- totalistic ,
- totality ,
- totally ,
- tote up ,
- touching ,
- touchy ,
- tough-minded ,
- tough-skinned ,
- toughened ,
- toughie ,
- toxicant ,
- track down ,
- trade good ,
- traduce ,
- train ,
- treated ,
- trepid ,
- trial ,
- tricksy ,
- trifle ,
- trifle away ,
- trouble oneself ,
- troubled ,
- troubling ,
- true ,
- truehearted ,
- tumultuous ,
- turn ,
- turn tail ,
- turned ,
- turned on ,
- tush ,
- twist ,
- twisted ,
- tyke ,
- tyrannic ,
- ululation ,
- unadulterated ,
- unaffected ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unassailable ,
- unattackable ,
- unbalanced ,
- unbecoming ,
- unbendable ,
- unbent ,
- unbiased ,
- unbiassed ,
- unbowed ,
- unceasing ,
- uncheerful ,
- unchivalrous ,
- uncoiled ,
- uncollectible ,
- uncomely ,
- uncomplicated ,
- uncongenial ,
- unconscionable ,
- unconsidered ,
- unconventional ,
- uncorrectable ,
- uncorrupted ,
- unctuous ,
- uncut ,
- undecided ,
- undefendable ,
- undefended ,
- under the weather ,
- underbred ,
- underlying ,
- understructure ,
- undetectable ,
- undetermined ,
- undue ,
- unending ,
- unfair ,
- unfaltering ,
- unfastened ,
- unfathomable ,
- unfeigned ,
- unfinished ,
- unfit ,
- unfluctuating ,
- unfold ,
- unfounded ,
- ungodly ,
- ungraceful ,
- unhappily ,
- unhinge ,
- unhinged ,
- unholy ,
- unimpeachable ,
- unkindly ,
- unknowing ,
- unknowledgeable ,
- unlawful ,
- unlearned ,
- unlettered ,
- unlikable ,
- unlikeable ,
- unmanageable ,
- unmannered ,
- unmediated ,
- unmindful ,
- unmingled ,
- unmistakable ,
- unmixed ,
- unnameable ,
- unneighbourly ,
- unnerving ,
- unobliging ,
- unornamented ,
- unpatterned ,
- unproblematic ,
- unprocessed ,
- unprovoked ,
- unravel ,
- unreflective ,
- unrepentant ,
- unresolved ,
- unruly ,
- unsafe ,
- unsanded ,
- unsavory ,
- unsavoury ,
- unseasonable ,
- unseemly ,
- unshakable ,
- unsheathed ,
- unskillful ,
- unsmooth ,
- unsophisticated ,
- unsound ,
- unspoilt ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unstained ,
- unstinted ,
- unsubdivided ,
- untactful ,
- untellable ,
- untempting ,
- unthinkingly ,
- unthoughtful ,
- untimely ,
- untitled ,
- untouched ,
- untoward ,
- unutterable ,
- unutterably ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwashed ,
- unwavering ,
- unwaveringly ,
- unwell ,
- unwieldy ,
- unwitting ,
- unworthy ,
- upchuck ,
- uppity ,
- upright ,
- uprise ,
- upset ,
- urgently ,
- usurious ,
- utmost ,
- utter ,
- uttermost ,
- vacuous ,
- vanish ,
- vehemence ,
- veracious ,
- verbalise ,
- verbalize ,
- verbatim ,
- verbose ,
- vernacular ,
- very well ,
- vexation ,
- vexing ,
- viciously ,
- viciousness ,
- violate ,
- violative ,
- violent death ,
- violent disorder ,
- virile ,
- virtuoso ,
- visionary ,
- vital ,
- vocal ,
- voiceless ,
- volatile ,
- vomit ,
- vomit up ,
- vulturine ,
- vulturous ,
- wakeless ,
- wan ,
- wanton away ,
- war-ridden ,
- warm ,
- warring ,
- waste ,
- watering ,
- way ,
- wayward ,
- wear ,
- wearing away ,
- wearying ,
- weenie ,
- weeping ,
- weighed down ,
- weirdo ,
- well ,
- whip ,
- whitlow ,
- whole ,
- wholly ,
- wickedness ,
- wide-eyed ,
- wiener ,
- wienerwurst ,
- wildcat ,
- wilderness ,
- wildness ,
- wily ,
- wintery ,
- with child ,
- woebegone ,
- wolf ,
- wolflike ,
- wonderfully ,
- wondrous ,
- wondrously ,
- wordy ,
- work ,
- worked up ,
- world-class ,
- worldly-minded ,
- worrisome ,
- worry ,
- worrying ,
- wound ,
- wound up ,
- wrenching ,
- wrongfulness ,
- wrongly ,
- yard bird ,
- yardbird ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo ,
- yokelish ,
- yucky .
- Beastlike ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Unamiable ,
- anesthetized ,
- aper ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- bloodyminded ,
- brutish ,
- cold-blooded ,
- coldblooded ,
- cruel ,
- demoniac ,
- depressive ,
- dog-eat-dog ,
- draconian ,
- fab ,
- feelingless ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- first class ,
- firstclass ,
- grueling ,
- hard ,
- hard shell ,
- hardboiled ,
- hardnosed ,
- head ache ,
- heartless ,
- in a state of nature ,
- inclement ,
- inhumane ,
- ironfisted ,
- ironhanded ,
- ironhearted ,
- matter of fact ,
- nonliterate ,
- oppressive ,
- out and out ,
- pitiless ,
- punishing ,
- ravening ,
- rigorous ,
- rough going ,
- rugged ,
- ruthless ,
- savage ,
- sensationless ,
- steely ,
- stonyhearted ,
- super-duper ,
- superduper ,
- superincumbent ,
- tigerish ,
- uncordial ,
- unfeeling ,
- unkind ,
- unmerciful ,
- unmodified ,
- very severe ,
- vicious ,
- vituperous ,
- without mercy ,
- without pity ,
- wolfish .
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How to use "Brutal" in context?
What does the word "brutal" mean?
"Brutal" means very forceful or severe. It can also mean without mercy or compassion.
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Adjective
abhorrent, abominable, abusive, aggressive, awful, barbarian, barbarism, blatant, crude, cruelty, dastardly, draconian, dramatic, drastic, dreadful, egregious, excruciating, feral, fierce, flagrant, forcible, grim, gross, hard, hateful, heartless, hideous, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, implacable, inexorable, monstrous, nasty, obnoxious, pitiless, raw, relentless, rude, senseless, severe, shameless, sharp, stark, steep, terrible, tough, uncontrolled, unforgiving, unrelenting, unscrupulous, wild, cut-throat.
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Adjective
abrupt, appalling, atrocious, barbaric, bitter, bloody, blunt, callous, cold-blooded, ferocious, grisly, gruesome, harsh, heavy-handed, heinous, horrible, inhuman, inhumane, merciless, oppressive, outrageous, rough, sudden, tyrannical, vicious, violent, wanton.
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Proper noun, singular
brutality.
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