Definition of Brutal

(a.)
Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
  

(a.)
Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
  

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brutal
\bru"tal\ (&?;), a. [cf. f. brutal. see brute, a.]
1. of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "above the rest of brutal kind."
2. like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. "brutal intemperance."
brutal
adj
1. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war" [syn: cruel]


2. (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" [syn: barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious]


3. (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind]

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terrible

Anifeilaidd = a. brutish, brutal

Anifeilig = a. brutal, beastial

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Adjective
1. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"
(synonym) cruel
(similar) inhumane
2. (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"
(synonym) barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
(similar) inhumane
3. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
(synonym) cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind
(similar) hard

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