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Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
  2. a. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
  3. adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  4. adj. punishingly harsh
  5. adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
  6. adj. disagreeably direct and precise
  7. 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "Above the rest of brutal kind." Milton. 2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. "Brutal intemperance." Macaulay.
  8. j:100 s. harsh s. disagreeably direct and precise