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单词 brutishness
释义

brutish

adjective

brut·​ish ˈbrü-tish How to pronounce brutish (audio)
1
: resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or beast
brutish strength
brutish violence
But its skull is curiously brutish, with thickened braincase walls, massive browridges, and evidence of powerful neck muscles. All in all, H. erectus fits the familiar stereotype of the … caveman. Matt Cartmill
2
a
: strongly and grossly sensual
brutish gluttony
He thinks he is a poetic amorist; he is a brutish sensualist. Stanley Kauffmann
b
: showing little intelligence or sensibility
a brutish lack of understanding
Life without enlightenment is nasty and brutish, yet it is the natural condition … Frank Kermode
brutishly adverb
brutishness noun

Synonyms

  • animalistic
  • beastly
  • bestial
  • brutal
  • brute
  • feral
  • ferine
  • subhuman
  • swinish
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Example Sentences

She is married to a brutish, drunken slob. as the months of recurrent combat dragged on, the daily existence of the soldiers became increasingly brutish
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Word History

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

brutish

adjective

brut·​ish ˈbrü-tish How to pronounce brutish (audio)
: being unfeeling and stupid

brutishness

noun

as in brutality
the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal a novel depicting the brutishness to which a group of schoolboys descend when they are stranded on a deserted island

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • brutality
  • cruelty
  • beastliness
  • animalism
  • animality
  • bestiality
  • sensuality
  • carnality
  • boorishness
  • savagery
  • physicality
  • barbarity
  • loutishness
  • sadism
  • swinishness
  • rudeness
  • crudeness
  • coarseness
  • viciousness
  • wantonness
  • grossness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • spirituality
  • intellectuality
  • nobility
  • magnanimity
  • compassion
  • tenderheartedness
  • benevolence
  • high-mindedness
  • kindness
  • benignity
  • kindliness
  • kindheartedness
  • beneficence
  • good-heartedness
  • greatheartedness
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