brutal

brutal is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
2. adjective. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
3. adjective. disagreeably direct and precise

   "he spoke with brutal honesty"

4. adjective. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"

   "brutal beatings"

   Synonyms: barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

5. adjective. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

   "beastly desires"

   "a bestial nature"

   Synonyms: beastly, bestial, brute, brutish

6. adjective. harsh

   "the brutal summer sun"

   "a brutal winter"

   Synonyms: unrelenting

Synonyms

barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, unrelenting

Common word forms

brutaler, brutally, brutalest, brutalise, brutality, brutalize, brutalness

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