Definition of brutal

"brutal" in the adjective sense

1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

"a barbarous crime"

"brutal beatings"

"cruel tortures"

"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"

"a savage slap"

"vicious kicks"

2. brutal, unrelenting

punishingly harsh

"the brutal summer sun"

"a brutal winter"

3. beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, brutal

resembling a beast showing lack of human sensibility

"beastly desires"

"a bestial nature"

"brute force"

"a dull and brutish man"

"bestial treatment of prisoners"

4. brutal

disagreeably direct and precise

"he spoke with brutal honesty"

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Quotations for brutal

Our century is a brutal thinker. [ Beranger ]

A six-foot suckling, mincing in its gait.
Affected, peevish, prim and delicate;
Fearful it seemed, tho' of athletic make,
Lest brutal breezes should so roughly shake
Its tender form, and savage motion spread
O'er its pale cheeks, the horrid manly red. [ Churchill ]

There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason. [ L'Estrange ]

Such, whose sole bliss is eating, who can give but that one brutal reason why they live. [ Juvenal ]

Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman, I care not what his stamp may be in society; I care not what clothes be wears, or what culture he boasts. [ Chapin ]

brutal in Scrabble®

The word brutal is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters brutal:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word brutal

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brutal in Words With Friends™

The word brutal is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters brutal:

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