brute
adjective
1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
- brute force
Similar word(s): inhumane, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish
Sentences with brute as an adjective:
- a brute beast
- the brute earth; the brute powers of nature
- I punched him with brute force.
- brute violence
noun
1. a cruelly rapacious person
Similar word(s): beast, savage, wildcat, wolf
Definition categories: person, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Similar word(s): animal, beast, creature, fauna
Definition categories: general, being, organism
Sentences with brute as a noun:
- 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."
verb
1. obsolete spelling of bruit