Brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity. Cruel, violent, and completely without feelings See examples of brutal used in a sentence. Brutal is used to describe things that have an unpleasant effect on people, especially when there is no attempt by anyone to reduce their effect The dip in prices this summer will be brutal The afternoon sun had been brutal
The 20th century brought brutal change to some countries. Brutal (comparative more brutal, superlative most brutal) savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner Accurate or direct, but displeasing Of or pertaining to animals Definition of brutal adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are eight meanings listed in oed's entry for the word brutal, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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