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brutea beast; a brutal person; savage; cruel Not to be confused with:brut – very dry, as champagnebrute B0513500 (bro͞ot)n.1. An animal other than a human; a beast.2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.adj.1. Of or relating to animals other than humans: "None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter" (Henry David Thoreau).2. Characteristic of a brute, especially:a. Entirely physical: brute force.b. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence: a brute impulse.c. Savage; cruel: brute coercion.d. Unremittingly severe: was driven to steal food through brute necessity.3. Coarse; brutish. [From Middle English, nonhuman, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus, stupid; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.] brut′ism n.brute (bruːt) n1. a. any animal except man; beast; lower animalb. (as modifier): brute nature. 2. a brutal personadj (prenominal) 3. wholly instinctive or physical (esp in the phrases brute strength, brute force)4. without reason or intelligence5. coarse and grossly sensual[C15: from Latin brūtus heavy, irrational; related to gravis heavy]brute (brut) n. 1. a nonhuman creature; beast. 2. a savage, insensitive, or crude person. 3. the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: to bring out the brute in someone. adj. 4. animal; not human. 5. not intelligent; irrational. 6. savage; cruel: brute force. 7. carnal; sensual. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin brūtus heavy, devoid of feeling, irrational] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | brute - a cruelly rapacious person beast, savage, wildcat, wolfaggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks | | 2. | brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementanimal, animate being, beast, creature, faunaorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlyritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deitytracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behindanimal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animalspest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched soundshomeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperatureectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammalsrange animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyotescavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matterwork animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labordomestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environmentfeeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the yearmolter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusementstayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer"stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growthmarine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammalsfemale - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)adult - any mature animalyoung, offspring - any immature animalpureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horsesgiant - any creature of exceptional sizesurvivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"mutant - an animal that has undergone mutationherbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores"insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insectsacrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without socketspleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without socketsmicroorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic sizeactinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetaleszooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvaeconceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval lifechordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal columninvertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classificationmetazoan - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and spongesomnivore - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substancespredatory animal, predator - any animal that lives by preying on other animalsprey, quarry - animal hunted or caught for foodgame - animal hunted for food or sport | Adj. | 1. | brute - 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, brutish, beastly, brutalinhumane - 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" |
brutenoun1. savage, devil, monster, beast, barbarian, fiend, swine, ogre, ghoul, sadist a drunken brute2. beast, animal, creature, wild animal a big brute of a dogadjective1. physical, bodily, mindless, instinctive, senseless, unthinking He used brute force to take control.Translationsbrute (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 brute
by brute strengthBy sheer force or physical strength. I couldn't get my car out of the mud until my brothers came along and moved it by brute strength.See also: brute, by, strengthbrute forceStrong physical force, perhaps that which is exercised without thought or consideration. I couldn't get my car out of the mud until my brothers came along and moved it by brute force. You can't just fix everything with brute force. Sometimes you need to use some finesse.See also: brute, forceet tu, BruteA phrase used to express one's dismay at mistreatment or betrayal. The phrase is attributed to Julius Caesar, whose close friend Brutus conspired to murder him. The Latin phrase translates to, "And you, Brutus?" Wow, even my own sister is gossiping about me now. Et tu, Brute?See also: brute, ETby brute strengthby great muscular strength. The men moved the heavy door by brute strength.See also: brute, by, strengthbrute forceAlso, brute strength. Savage violence, unreasoning strength, as in We hope that reason will triumph over brute force. Although this expression is also used literally to mean exceptional physical power, the figurative sense reflects the origin for brute, which comes from Latin brutus, for "heavy, stupid, unreasoning." [First half of 1700s] See also: brute, forcebrute forceSavage, senseless violence; also, sheer strength. The word “brute” came from the Latin brutus, which meant heavy, stupid, and unreasoning. The original meaning survives more in this cliché, dating from the eighteenth century, than in the modern English noun “brute,” which means simply an animal or a cruel person. Brute force is strength applied without thought as, for example, in forcing a lock. Eric Partridge’s compilation of catchphrases records one spelling this out: “brute force and ignorance,” current in Great Britain in the 1970s.See also: brute, forceet tu, Brute!You, my so-called friend, are also betraying me. This expression is generally credited to Shakespeare, who used the exact Latin locution (literally, “and you, Brutus”) in Julius Caesar (3.1) in 1599. However, Shakespeare actually was loosely quoting the real Julius Caesar, who reportedly said, “You too, my child?” when Marcus Brutus stabbed him in 44 b.c. Caesar made this dying remark in Greek (according to Suetonius’s account). Incidentally, “Brute” did not signify “brute” in the sense of animal; it simply is the proper Latin case for this name. A more recent version, with friends like that/you, who needs enemies, became current in America in the 1960s. It usually is a response to a far less dire betrayal—a tactless remark by a friend, for example.See also: ETet tu, Brute?(pronounced “Bru-TAY”) An expression of feeling betrayed. Marcus Brutus was one of the conspirators against Julius Caesar, formerly his great friend. Shakespeare's drama has Caesar's dying words the Latin for “and you, Brutus?” meaning “and you too” and uttered with tragic resignation as the Roman emperor recognized Brutus as one of his assassins.See also: ETEncyclopediaSeeBrutalityBRUTE
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Synonyms for brutenoun savageSynonyms- savage
- devil
- monster
- beast
- barbarian
- fiend
- swine
- ogre
- ghoul
- sadist
noun beastSynonyms- beast
- animal
- creature
- wild animal
adj physicalSynonyms- physical
- bodily
- mindless
- instinctive
- senseless
- unthinking
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