brute in English dictionary

  • brute

    Meanings and definitions of "brute"

    • An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; especially a quadruped; a beast.
    • A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
    • A large, savage looking man.
    • Obsolete spelling of bruit.
    • Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
    • Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
    • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
    • Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
    • Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
    • Purely physical.
    • (comparable) Harsh; blunt
    • adjective
      Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]
    • adjective
      Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.]
    • adjective
      Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]
    • adjective
      Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]
    • adjective
      Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
    • adjective
      Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.
    • noun
      (now archaic)
      An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
    • noun
      A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. [from 17th c.]
    • noun
      (archaic, slang, Britain, Cambridge University)
      One who has not yet matriculated.
    • verb
      Obsolete spelling of [i]bruit[/i]
    • an animal destitute of human reason
    • a brutal person
    • noun
      a cruelly rapacious person
    • noun
      a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

    Synonyms of "brute" in English dictionary

    wildcat, beastly, being are the top synonyms of "brute" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of brute

    • brute ( third-person singular simple present brutes, present participle bruting, simple past and past participle bruted)
    • brute ( plural  brutes)
    • brute ( comparative more brute, superlative most brute)
    • brute (comparative more brute, superlative most brute)
    • brute (plural brutes)
    • brute (third-person singular simple present brutes, present participle bruting, simple past and past participle bruted)
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