Thesaurus: brute

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1. a. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
2. a. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
3. a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
4. a. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
5. a. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
6. n. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
7. n. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
8. v. t. To report; to bruit.
9. adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
10. n. a cruelly rapacious person
11. n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
12. 1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature. 2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation. A creature . . . not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason. Milton. 3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay. The influence of capital and mere brute labor. Playfair. 4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent. A great brute farmer from Liddesdale. Sir W. Scott. 5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.] 1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast. Brutes may be considered as either aëral, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious. Locke. 2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person. An ill-natured brute of a husband. Franklin. Syn. -- See Beast. To report; to bruit. [Obs.]