brutal

adj.

1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.
2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
3. Harsh; unrelenting: a brutal winter in the Arctic.
4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating: spoke with brutal honesty.

brutally bru'tal·ly adv.

adjective

Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort: bitter, hard, harsh, rough, severe. See comfort/discomfort.

adj

Definition: crude, rough
Antonyms: gentle, kind, nice

adj

Definition: cruel, remorseless
Antonyms: generous, humane, kind, nice

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mod. excellent; powerful.  Man, what a brutal tune!

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IN BRIEF: Harsh, violent, cruel action or event.

The last mile of the marathon was brutal.

Brutal

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - brutal, hård, streng

Nederlands (Dutch)
onmenselijk, wreed

Français (French)
adj. - brutal, cruel, (lit) brutal, animal/de brute (des instincts)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - brutal

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κτηνώδης, ζωώδης, βάναυσος, τραχύς, σκαιός

Italiano (Italian)
brutale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - brutal

Русский (Russian)
грубый, жестокий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inhumano, infrahumano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - brutal, rå, ohyfsad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
残忍的, 不讲理的, 野蛮的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 殘忍的, 不講理的, 野蠻的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 야만적인, 비이성적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 獣のような, 粗野な, 厳しい, ひどい, 残忍な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قاسي, وحشي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ברוטאלי, אכזרי‬

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