brutishadjective
uk/ˈbruː.tɪʃ/us/ˈbruː.t̬ɪʃ/rough, unpleasant, and often violent:
It has been said that life is often "nasty, brutish, and short".
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious
- atrocity
- confrontation
- desperate
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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