| 单词 | brutish |
| 释义 | brutish (once / 5135 pages) adj Use the adjective brutish to describe someone who is so cruel or violent that he seems more like an wild animal than a human. A brutish king will be deeply disliked by his subjects. Someone who's brutish is uncivilized in some way. A brutish person might, for example, knock a table over when he's angry or slap another person without a thought. Brutish leaders make decisions that endanger or even kill people. The word brutish means "like a brute," and a brute is an extremely violent or wild person or animal. In the 1500's, brutish simply meant "like an animal," and the Latin root word, brutus, means "heavy, dull, or stupid." WORD FAMILYbrutish: brutishly+/brut: brutish, brutly USAGE EXAMPLESEven in this brutish habitus, there is trust, loyalty, and love. The New Yorker(Nov 28, 2016) But Anantharaman feels that taxidermy’s sometimes brutish reputation is undeserved. The Guardian(Nov 16, 2016) Trump shows the same defiant streak and, like Wallace, panders to “a more brutish kind of behavior,” Rashid said. Los Angeles Times(Nov 02, 2016) adj resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility a dull and brutish man Syn beastly, bestial, brutal, brute inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion |
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