brutal

bru·tal

B0517300 (bro͞ot′l)adj.1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.3. Harsh; unrelenting: a brutal winter in the Arctic.4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating: spoke with brutal honesty.

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bru′tal·ly adv.

brutal

(ˈbruːtəl) adj1. cruel; vicious; savage2. extremely honest or coarse in speech or manner3. harsh; severe; extreme: brutal cold. bruˈtality n ˈbrutally adv

bru•tal

(ˈbrut l)

adj. 1. savage; cruel; inhuman. 2. crude; coarse: brutal language. 3. harsh; severe: a brutal storm. 4. accurate or direct, but displeasing: a brutal fact. 5. of or pertaining to animals; beastly. [1425–75; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin brūtālis] bru′tal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	brutal - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"barbarous, cruel, fell, savage, vicious, roughshodinhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	2.	brutal - harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"unrelentingintense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	3.	brutal - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"bestial, brute, brutish, beastlyinhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	4.	brutal - disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

brutal

adjective1. cruel, harsh, savage, grim, vicious, ruthless, ferocious, callous, sadistic, heartless, atrocious, inhuman, merciless, cold-blooded, inhumane, brutish, bloodthirsty, remorseless, barbarous, pitiless, uncivilized, hard-hearted He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
cruel kind, gentle, humane, civilized, merciful, soft-hearted2. harsh, tough, severe, rough, rude, indifferent, insensitive, callous, merciless, unconcerned, uncaring, gruff, bearish, tactless, unfeeling, impolite, uncivil, unmannerly She spoke with a brutal honesty.
harsh sensitive, refined, polite3. bestial, animal, beastly, crude, coarse, sensual, brute, carnal, brutish a kind of frank and brutal passion

brutal

adjectiveCausing sharp, often prolonged discomfort:bitter, hard, harsh, rough, severe.

Translations

残忍的

brute

(bruːt) noun1. an animal other than man. My dog died yesterday, the poor brute; (also adjective) brute force. 畜生 畜生2. a cruel person. 殘忍無情的人 残忍的人ˈbrutal adjective very cruel or severe. a brutal beating. 殘忍的 残忍的bruˈtality (-ˈtӕ-) noun 殘忍 残忍ˈbrutish adjective of, or like, a brute. brutish manners. 沒有人性的 畜生般的，野蛮的

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