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 savage slap
- 2.Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- 3.brutal beatings
- 4.cruel tortures
- 5.vicious kicks
- 6.a barbarous crime


