n.

1. An animal; a beast.
2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.

adj.

1. Of or relating to beasts; animal: “None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter” (Henry David Thoreau).
2. Characteristic of a brute, especially:
   1. Entirely physical: brute force.
   2. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence: a brute impulse.
   3. Savage; cruel: brute coercion.
   4. Unremittingly severe: was driven to steal food through brute necessity.
3. Coarse; brutish.

[From Middle English, nonhuman, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus, stupid.]

brutism brut'ism n.

adj

Definition: very strong; animal-like
Antonyms: gentle, mild, weak

n

Definition: barbarian
Antonyms: angel, gentleman, humanitarian

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

See HUSBAND.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A living organism characterized by voluntary movement; A cruelly rapacious person.

Tutor's tip: The "brute" (man with beastlike qualities) "bruit" (spread the rumor) that we wanted more "brut" (dry champagne).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udyr, umenneske
adj. - umenneskelig, dyrisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
bruut, beul, woesteling, beestachtig, dom, sensueel

Français (French)
n. - brute, bête, brutal, brute (épaisse)
adj. - de brute, animal, bestial, brutal, brut (une matière)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bestie, Rohling, Gewaltmensch
adj. - roh, brutal

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κτήνος, θηρίο, (μτφ.) κτηνάνθρωπος
adj. - ζωώδης, κτηνώδης, (μτφ.) ωμός, βάρβαρος

Italiano (Italian)
bruto, brutale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bruto (m)
adj. - irracional, cruel, inconsciente

Русский (Russian)
жестокий, бесчувственный

Español (Spanish)
n. - bruto, bestia, salvaje
adj. - brutal, bestial

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brutal människa, kräk, odjur, oskäligt djur
adj. - oskälig, rå, djurisk

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
畜生, 残忍或好色之人, 残忍的, 无理性的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 畜生, 殘忍或好色之人
adj. - 殘忍的, 無理性的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 짐승, 비인간
adj. - 짐승의, 잔인한, 관능적인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 獣, 人非人, 獣性
adj. - 動物の, 理性のない, 野蛮な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وحش, غليظ القلب (صفه) وحشي, بهيمي, شرس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרא, בהמה, חיה, אדם גס (מדוברת)‬
adj. - ‮אכזר, אלים, חסר שיקול-דעת, נתון לשליטת חושיו‬

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