brute

(noun, adjective, verb)

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