Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brutal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brutal \Bru"tal\, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See {Brute}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. ``Above
the rest of brutal kind.'' --Milton.
2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling;
merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. ``Brutal
intemperance.'' --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brutal
adj 1: (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
"brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of
war" [syn: {cruel}]
2: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings";
"cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the
kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: {barbarous},
{cruel}, {fell}, {roughshod}, {savage}, {vicious}]
3: (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering;
"brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a
cruel world"; "a harsh climate; "a rigorous climate";
"unkind winters" [syn: {cruel}, {harsh}, {rigorous}, {unkind}]
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