brutish
brutish
Definition
brut·ish (bro̵̅o̅t′is̸h)
adjective
of or like a brute; savage, gross, stupid, sensual, irrational, etc.
brut′·ishly adverb
brut′·ish·ness noun
brutish
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- beast: Aye, they are beasts that seek to usurp our land, And like to brutish beasts they shall be served.
- behavior: He behaved like a brute because he was rewarded for brutish behavior.
- nature: Perhaps there is none but has cause for shame on account of the inferior and brutish nature to which he is allied.
- husband: Wringing bird hands and her small skeleton in the doorframe overshadowed by her brutish husband and his fat hands like mallets.
- government: We have warned the brutish governments and British nation many times.
- thing: Auctions are nasty brutish things, individualistic in the extreme.
Modifying Another Word
- quite: Furthermore, I think it's quite brutish for the State to agree with murder.
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