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brute

/bɹut/noun, adjective1 syllable

Brute means: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.

Synonyms for brute13

noun, as in a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

noun, as in a cruelly rapacious person

beast, wolf, savage, wildcat

adjective, as in resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

beastly, bestial, brutish, brutal, inhumane

What does brute mean?3

adjective

1

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility“beastly desires”

noun

1

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

2

a cruelly rapacious person

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with brute?28

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Brute in a sentence

  • Any brute can destroy a stable, but it takes a carpenter to build one.DJ_Saidez
  • It's brute force, but that's the only way.urro
  • I memorized the fact sheet through sheer brute force.megamanenm
  • Ziri was banging on the door with brute force.Amastan
  • More than just brute force is needed to bring down the violence.Cangarejo
  • They will try to beat us with brute force.soweli_Tansisi
  • He had much more than brute force: he was a skilled and terrific basher.Cangarejo
  • A friendly word achieves more than brute force.Miktsoanit

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Forms of brute

as a noun

plural
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