Brute meaning
A brute is defined as a savage, insensitive or uncivilized person.
A person who is unkind and cruel is an example of a brute.
noun
The definition of brute is something animal-like or someone who does not have the ability to reason.
An example of brute used as an adjective is brute strength, which is extreme, physical strength.
adjective
A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.
noun
An animal other than a human; a beast.
noun
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Of or relating to animals other than humans.
adjective
Characteristic of a brute, especially:
- Entirely physical.Brute force.
- Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence.A brute impulse.
- Savage; cruel.Brute coercion.
- Unremittingly severe.Was driven to steal food through brute necessity.
adjective
Coarse; brutish.
adjective
Lacking the ability to reason.
A brute beast.
adjective
Having no consciousness or feelings; insensate.
The brute force of nature.
adjective
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Of or like an animal; specif., brutal, cruel, gross, sensual, stupid, etc.
adjective
An animal.
noun
A person who is brutal or very stupid, gross, sensual, etc.
noun
Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]
The brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
adjective
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Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.
Brute violence.
adjective
Origin of brute
- From Middle English nonhuman from Old French brut from Latin brūtus stupid gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barus), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).
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