Brutish

/ˈbɹuːt.ɪʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, or in the manner of a brute..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, or in the manner of a brute.
2. Bestial; lacking human sensibility.

Example Sentences

And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.

In working out Aristotle’s view, it may help to keep in mind some of its rivals. We have a rich cultural gallery of competing candidates for the titles bad, vicious, evil, worst. There is the pursuer of disvalue as such, like Hannibal Lecter or Milton’s Satan; the wanton or brutish slave to low desires; the Dostoevskeian outlaw, committer of some unforgiveable crime; and the amoral egoist or sociopath who greets all moral considerations with a shrug.

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• more brutish
• most brutish

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