brutenoun [ C ]
uk/bruːt/us/bruːt/disapproving a rough and sometimes violent man:
[ as form of address ] Take your hands off me, you brute!
an animal, especially a large one:
Your dog's an ugly brute, isn't it?
The oldest elephant was lame, poor brute.
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Unpleasant men
- badass
- blackguard
- blighter
- bounder
- bovver boy
- creep
- dog
- git
- lager lout
- lech
- oik
- roughneck
- ruffian
- scoundrel
- sob
- warlock
- white van man
- wide boy
- wise guy
- yob
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General & informal words for animals
bruteadjective [ before noun ]
uk/bruːt/us/bruːt/brute force
great physical force or strength:
In the end she used brute force to push him out.
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- burly
- elemental
- exquisite
- high-octane
- invincible
- invulnerable
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- overpowering
- reckon
- stout
- sturdy
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
- unabated
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