形容词

1. 野蛮的；残暴的
A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.

1. disagreeably direct and precise

e.g. he spoke with brutal honesty

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

e.g. a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
vicious kicks

Synonym: barbarouscruelfellroughshodsavagevicious

3. resembling a beast
showing lack of human sensibility

e.g. beastly desires
a bestial nature
brute force
a dull and brutish man
bestial treatment of prisoners

Synonym: beastlybestialbrute(a)brutish

4. harsh

e.g. the brutal summer sun
a brutal winter

Synonym: unrelenting