brutal 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Examples
- 1.a barbarous crime
- 2.brutal beatings
- 3.cruel tortures
- 4.vicious kicks
- 5.Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- 6.a savage slap
Synonyms
- barbarous 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- cruel 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- fell 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- roughshod 2
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- savage 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- vicious 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering


