Brute meaning

bro͝ot

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

Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]

A brute beast.

adjective

An animal other than a human; a beast.

noun

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

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

Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.]

adjective

Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]

The brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

adjective

Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]

adjective

Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.

I punched him with brute force.

adjective

Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.

Brute violence.

adjective

(now archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]

noun

Someone with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. [from 17th c.]

One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."

noun

(archaic, slang, UK, Cambridge University) One who has not yet matriculated.

noun

Obsolete spelling of bruit.

verb

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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Brute meaning

Origin of brute

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