单词 | brutal |
释义 | brutal —brutally, adv. /brooht"l/, adj. 1. savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village. 2. crude; coarse: brutal language. 3. harsh; ferocious: brutal criticism; brutal weather. 4. taxing, demanding, or exhausting: They're having a brutal time making ends meet. 5. irrational; unreasoning. 6. of or pertaining to lower animals. [1425-75; late ME ( < MF) < ML brutalis. See BRUTE1, -AL1] Syn. 1. ferocious, brutish, barbarous. See cruel. 2. gross, rude, rough, uncivil. 6. bestial, beastly, animal. Ant. 1. kind. 6. human. |
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