Synonyms for BRUTAL
ˈbrut lbru·tal

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1. brutaladjective

   Synonyms:
   cold-blooded, barbaric, savage, vicious

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

2. brutaladjective

   Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel

   Synonyms:
   vicious, barbaric, cold-blooded, savage

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

3. brutaladjective

   Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

   Synonyms:
   barbaric, savage, cold-blooded, vicious

   Antonyms:
   kind, gentle

4. brutaladjective

   Harsh; unrelenting

   Synonyms:
   barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

5. brutaladjective

   Disagreeably precise or penetrating

   Synonyms:
   vicious, savage, cold-blooded, barbaric

   Antonyms:
   gentle, kind

6. brutaladjective

   In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.

   Synonyms:
   barbaric, cold-blooded, savage, vicious

   Antonyms:
   kind, gentle

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1. brutal

   Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

   Synonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

   Antonyms:
   civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

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1. brutal

   Synonyms:
   savage, inhuman, rude, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, brutish, barbarous, sensual, beastly, ignorant, stolid, dense, cruel, violent, vindictive, bloodthirsty, intemperate

   Antonyms:
   humane, civilized, generous, intelligent, polished, chivalrous, conscientious, self-controlled

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1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

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

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

   Antonyms:
   mild, humane, indirect

2. brutal, unrelentingadjective

   harsh

   "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"

   Synonyms:
   savage, relentless, fell, grim, beastly, unrelenting, stern, brute(a), roughshod, unappeasable, cruel, barbarous, vicious, brutish, unforgiving, inexorable, bestial, brutal, persistent

   Antonyms:
   humane, mild, indirect

3. beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutaladjective

   resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

   "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

   Antonyms:
   mild, indirect, humane

4. brutaladjective

   disagreeably direct and precise

   "he spoke with brutal honesty"

   Synonyms:
   brutish, unrelenting, bestial, savage, barbarous, fell, roughshod, cruel, vicious, brute(a), beastly

   Antonyms:
   mild, indirect, humane

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1. brutaladjective

   Synonyms:
   savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brute

2. brutaladjective

   Synonyms:
   churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly

3. brutaladjective

   Synonyms:
   gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial

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1. brutaladjective

   Synonyms:
   inhuman, cruel, fell, ruthless, truculent, unfeeling, beastly, bestial, brutish

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1. List of paraphrases for "brutal":

   barbaric, cruel, savage, brutish, abrupt, barbarous, violent, brute, ruthless, vicious, sudden, atrocious, harsh, sharp, rough, blunt, ferocious, gross, wanton, brutality, merciless, callous, heinous

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1. Human Rights Watch:

   Every day across the country, Myanmar’s military and police are committing brutal acts that constitute crimes against humanity. Massacring civilians in a hail of bullets at a Buddhist monastery shows the desperate savagery of a regime wholly divorced from the Burmese people, governments around the world should recognize that Myanmar’s military junta government does not care about words.

2. Peter King:

   This is brutal. I think the most searing impact is going to be afterwards, the fact that people who lost their loved ones were unable to grieve with them, it's definitely all around us.

3. Kim Jong:

   We should be hopeful and encouraged by the events in Panmunjom( inside the DMZ), but we also need to keep a clear-eyed view of the nature of the Kim Jong family regime, and the history of its aggression, threats and provocations, stated claim to unify the peninsula under the North's control, and the documented human rights atrocities that are being committed against some 25 million Koreans living in the North, can a one-day event change the nature of the brutal Kim Jong family regime that has existed for some seven decades ? We should never forget the people living in severe oppression in the north while we admire the charm offensive conducted by Kim Jong Un.

4. Larry Caldwell:

   I know the character of the man, you take a man like that and you’re then going to say he participated in a brutal crime of murder, knowing that being associated with that would send him to the pits of hell? ... If there was one man who would be willing to stand in the breach to help his country, it would be Christian.

5. Joe Biden:

   This guy( Putin) is brutal and what's happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone's seen it.