brutal
English
/ˈbɹuːtəl/
adj
Definitions
- Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel
- Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
- Harsh; unrelenting
- Disagreeably precise or penetrating
- (music) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
Etymology
Derived from Latin brutalis (stupid, savage), brūtus (dull, stupid, heavy, insensible, crude) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (heavy, strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷreh₂-
Gloss
heavy, strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brutalism English
- Brutalist English
- aggravate English
- antigravitation English
- autogravitation English
- bariatric English
- baric English
- barium English
- barometer English
- brutalisation English
- brutalise English
- brutalism English
- brutalist English
- brutality English
- brutalization English
- brutalize English
- brutally English
- brutalness English
- brutish English
- degravitation English
- graveness English
- gravidly English
- gravimeter English
- gravimetric English
- gravimetry English
- gravitational English
- graviton English
- gravity English
- hyperbaric English
- isobar English
- isobaric English
- multigravid English
- nonbrutal English
- overbrutal English
- supergravitation English
- supergravity English
- unbrutalize English
- brutalis Latin
- brutus Latin
- brutālis Latin
- brūtus Latin
- brūtālis Latin
- gravare Latin
- gravida Latin
- gravidus Latin
- gravis Latin
- gravitas Latin
- gravito, gravitatus Latin
- gravitās Latin
- gravitātiō Latin
- gravo Latin
- gravo, gravō, gravāre Latin
- gravō Latin
- brutal German
- briga Italian
- brutale Italian
- bruto Italian
- brutto Italian
- brigade French
- brigadier French
- brut French
- brutal French
- brutalement French
- brutaliser French
- brutalité French
- брутальный Russian
- brutal Spanish, Castilian
- bruto Spanish, Castilian
- βάρος Ancient Greek
- βαρύτης Ancient Greek
- *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷrih₂-g- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
- *ud- Proto-Indo-European
- brutal Portuguese
- brutal Swedish
- nybrutalism Swedish
- गुरु Sanskrit
- brutal Danish
- brutální Czech
- brut Old French
- grievance Old French
- brutala Esperanto
- brutaleco Esperanto
- brut Catalan, Valencian
- brutal Catalan, Valencian
- brutal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brutal Indonesian
- brúit Old Irish
- aggravation Middle French
- brutal Middle French
- brut Dalmatian
- baric
- isobar
- barium
- gravity
- brutish
- isobaric
- graviton
- brutally
- gravidly
- aggravate
- brutalist
- barometer
- Brutalist
- bariatric
- nonbrutal
- brutalise
- brutality
- graveness
- brutalism
- Brutalism
- brutalize
- brutalness
- overbrutal
- gravimeter
- gravimetry
- hyperbaric
- multigravid
- gravimetric
- unbrutalize
- supergravity
- gravitational
- brutalisation
- brutalization
- degravitation
- autogravitation
- antigravitation
- supergravitation