brute

Speech parts

1. brute - Noun

2. brute - Adjective

3. brute - Verb

4. brute - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.

Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.

Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.

An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.

To report; to bruit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

savage animal beast brutal brutish bestial wolf wildcat barbarian boor vandal fiend ogre lout creature
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Antonyms

saint angel bunny boomer nob paragon
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Hypernyms

being organism attacker aggressor assailant assaulter

Hyponyms

herbivore thoroughbred game young female male

Phrases with the word

et tu, Brute brute matter brute creation grey brute brute forcing

Anagrams

rebut tuber buret Ubert

Examples

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay

When in doubt, use brute force. Ken Thompson

The man that blushes is not quite a brute. Edward Young

A solitary man is either a brute or an angel. Italian Proverb

Brute strength is not the most important asset in a fight. Klingon Proverb

A gaunt brute bites sore. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

brutally brutally competitive brutalness brute creation brute de forge brute fact