DICTOMETER

RÅ (Norwegian for "brutal")

(brutal, brute, coarse, crude, gruff, loutish, raw, rough, rude, ruffianly, unwrought, wet, yard, bronco, bruto, crudo, desigual, mojado, rudo, verga)

1. Synonyms:
   • Barbarous
   • Brutal
   • Cruel
   • Fell
   • Roughshod
   • Savage
   • Vicious
   Definitions:
   • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   Examples:
   • A barbarous crime
   • Brutal beatings
   • Cruel tortures
   • Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
   • A savage slap
   • Vicious kicks
   Antonyms:
   • Humane
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Brutal
   • Unrelenting
   Definitions:
   • harsh
   Examples:
   • The brutal summer sun
   • A brutal winter
   Antonyms:
   • Mild
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Beastly
   • Bestial
   • Brute
   • Brutish
   • Brutal
   Definitions:
   • resembling a beast
   • showing lack of human sensibility
   Examples:
   • Beastly desires
   • A bestial nature
   • Brute force
   • A dull and brutish man
   • Bestial treatment of prisoners
   Antonyms:
   • Humane
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Brutal
   Definitions:
   • disagreeably direct and precise
   Examples:
   • He spoke with brutal honesty
   Antonyms:
   • Indirect