brute
From WikiWord, the free dictionary
/bɹuːt/
English
Definitions
noun
- An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
- A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.“One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."”
- (Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
verb
- To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
adjective
- Without reason or intelligence (of animals).“a brute beast”
- Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
- Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.“the brute earth; the brute powers of nature”
- Crude, unpolished.
verb
- To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
Related words
Synonyms
brutishsavageinhumanebeastlybestialbeastcreaturefaunawolfwildcatanimalanimate beingbrutalbarbarismyahoobarbarous