Brute Common

Brute has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

a cruelly rapacious person

"The neighborhood children stopped playing outside whenever that brute walked by, fearing he would snatch their toys and smash them without a second thought."

beast wolf savage brute wildcat

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

"The biologist quickly classified the octopus as a brute since it is a living organism capable of voluntary movement, unlike the surrounding coral reef structures."

animal animate being beast brute creature fauna

An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.

"The crowd jeered at the bull, calling it a mindless brute that trampled everything in its path."

Verb

To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

"The editor corrected the archaic manuscript, changing the obsolete spelling "brute" to the modern term "bruit.""

Obsolete spelling of bruit

Adjective

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

"beastly desires"

"a bestial nature"

"brute force"

"a dull and brutish man"

"bestial treatment of prisoners"

beastly bestial brute brutish brutal

Without reason or intelligence (of animals).

"The massive bull charged at us like a mindless brute, showing no sign of fear or understanding until it was too late."

Example Sentences

"beastly desires" adjective

"a bestial nature" adjective

"brute force" adjective

"a dull and brutish man" adjective

"bestial treatment of prisoners" adjective