brutal

/bɹˈutəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   “a barbarous crime”
2. punishingly harsh
   “the brutal summer sun”
3. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
   “beastly desires”
4. disagreeably direct and precise
   “he spoke with brutal honesty”

Synonyms for brutal

• barbarous
• cruel
• fell
• roughshod
• savage
• vicious
• inhumane
• unrelenting
• intense
• beastly
• bestial
• brute
• brutish
• direct

Words that rhyme with brutal

• futile
• tootle
• butyl
• goutal
• tootal