Meaning & Definition of Brute in English
English⟶
Brute
/brut/
noun
1. A cruelly rapacious person
synonym:
- beast,
- wolf,
- savage,
- brute,
- wildcat
2. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
synonym:
- animal,
- animate being,
- beast,
- brute,
- creature,
- fauna
adjective
1. Resembling a beast
- Showing lack of human sensibility
- "Beastly desires"
- "A bestial nature"
- "Brute force"
- "A dull and brutish man"
- "Bestial treatment of prisoners"
synonym:
- beastly,
- bestial,
- brute(a),
- brutish,
- brutal