English Explanatory Dictionary

brutish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or in the manner of a brute.
  2. Bestial; lacking human sensibility.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹuːt.ɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brutish.wav

Word forms

brutish more brutish most brutish

Etymology

From brute + -ish.

Synonyms

animalistic beastly barbaric wolfish animalesque animalian animalish animal-like bestial brutish barbarian barbarious barbarous brutal Gothic Gothlike grim heathen heathenish heathenly heathenous incivil pagan savage tenebrose truculent uncivil uncivilized uncouth uncultivated uncultured uplandish

Derived words

brutishly brutishness nasty, brutish, and short unbrutish
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