"brutal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹuː.təl/ [UK], /ˈbɹu.təl/ [US], [ˈbɹu.ɾəl] [US], /ˈbɹʉː.təl/ [General-Australian], [ˈbɹʉː.ɾəl] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brutal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more brutal [comparative], most brutal [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːtəl Etymology: From Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷreh₂-}}, {{der|en|ML.|brutalis||savage, stupid}} Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”), {{der|en|la|brūtus||dull, stupid}} Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} brutal (comparative more brutal, superlative most brutal)
  1. Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel. Translations (savagely violent): վայրագ (vayrag) (Armenian), դաժան (dažan) (Armenian), qəddar (Azerbaijani), rəhmsiz (Azerbaijani), amansız (Azerbaijani), zalım (Azerbaijani), mərhəmətsiz (Azerbaijani), жо́рсткі (žórstki) (Belarusian), брута́льны (brutálʹny) (Belarusian), жесто́к (žestók) (Bulgarian), зве́рски (zvérski) (Bulgarian), brutal (Catalan), 殘忍 (Chinese Mandarin), 残忍 (cánrěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 野蠻 (Chinese Mandarin), 野蛮 (yěmán) (Chinese Mandarin), bruut (Dutch), raaka (Finnish), kova (Finnish), brutaali (Finnish), brutal (French), brutal (Galician), სასტიკი (sasṭiḳi) (Georgian), უხეში (uxeši) (Georgian), მხეცური (mxecuri) (Georgian), არაადამიანური (araadamianuri) (Georgian), brutal (German), κτηνώδης (ktinódis) (Greek), ζωώδης (zoódis) (Greek), brutális (Hungarian), brúidiúil (Irish), brutale (Italian), dzīvniecisks (Latvian), brutāls (Latvian), žvėriškas (Lithuanian), tunuhuruhuru (Maori), maukino (Maori), tūkino (Maori), bruta (Norman), brutalny (Polish), brutal (Portuguese), brutal (Romanian), жесто́кий (žestókij) (Russian), зве́рский (zvérskij) (note: of behaviour, not people) (Russian), брута́льный (brutálʹnyj) (Russian), brùideil (Scottish Gaelic), brutal (Spanish), brutal (Swedish), жорсто́кий (žorstókyj) (Ukrainian), брута́льний (brutálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-brutal-en-adj-en:savagely_violent Disambiguation of 'savagely violent': 68 3 9 7 12 2
  2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
    Sense id: en-brutal-en-adj-38oNKMeb
  3. Harsh; unrelenting.
    Sense id: en-brutal-en-adj-~YzUBYCb
  4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating.
    Sense id: en-brutal-en-adj-a1vEOjAl
  5. (music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Music Translations (in heavy metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs): brutal (German), brutal (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-brutal-en-adj-PVSZFV-b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 10 22 13 42 1 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'in heavy metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs': 2 5 2 2 87 2
  6. Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness.
    Sense id: en-brutal-en-adj-AfCkaKlM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious Related terms: brutality, brutally, brute, brutish

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more brutal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most brutal",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "brutality"
    },
    {
      "word": "brutally"
    },
    {
      "word": "brute"
    },
    {
      "word": "brutish"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "What began as a zeitgeisty outlaw romp in the Uncool Britannia of the 1990s is now reborn as a scabrous and brutal black comedy about middle-aged male disappointment and fear of death.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ],
        [
          "vicious",
          "vicious"
        ],
        [
          "ruthless",
          "ruthless"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:savagely violent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Crude",
          "crude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Harsh; unrelenting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Harsh",
          "harsh"
        ],
        [
          "unrelenting",
          "unrelenting"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Disagreeably precise or penetrating."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precise",
          "precise"
        ],
        [
          "penetrating",
          "penetrating"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "brutal honesty"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹuː.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹu.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɹu.ɾəl]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹʉː.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɹʉː.ɾəl]",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːtəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "barbaric"
    },
    {
      "word": "cold-blooded"
    },
    {
      "word": "savage"
    },
    {
      "word": "vicious"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vayrag",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "վայրագ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dažan",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "դաժան"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "qəddar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "rəhmsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "amansız"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "zalım"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "mərhəmətsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "žórstki",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "жо́рсткі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "brutálʹny",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "брута́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žestók",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "жесто́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zvérski",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "зве́рски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "殘忍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cánrěn",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "残忍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "野蠻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yěmán",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "野蛮"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "bruut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "raaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "kova"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasṭiḳi",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "სასტიკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uxeši",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "უხეში"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxecuri",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "მხეცური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "araadamianuri",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "არაადამიანური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ktinódis",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "κτηνώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zoódis",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "ζωώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutális"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brúidiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutale"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "dzīvniecisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutāls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "žvėriškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "tunuhuruhuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "maukino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "tūkino"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "bruta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žestókij",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "жесто́кий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of behaviour, not people",
      "roman": "zvérskij",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "зве́рский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brutálʹnyj",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "брута́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brùideil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žorstókyj",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "жорсто́кий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brutálʹnyj",
      "sense": "savagely violent",
      "word": "брута́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in heavy metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in heavy metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs",
      "word": "brutal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brutal"
}

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