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   brute

   /bruːt/

   noun

   • 1. a savagely violent person or animal: "he was a cold-blooded brute" Similar savagebeastmonsteranimalsadistbarbariandevildemonfiendogrethugloutbooroafruffianyahoorowdybully boyinformal:pigradgederogatory:bastarddogdirty doginformal, derogatory:swine
   • ▪ a cruel or insensitive person: informal "what an unfeeling little brute you are"
   • ▪ something awkward, difficult, or unpleasant: "a great brute of a machine"
   • 2. an animal as opposed to a human being: "we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses" Similar animalbeastwild animalwild beastcreatureinformal:critter

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence: "a brute struggle for social superiority"
   • ▪ merely physical: "we achieve little by brute force"
   • ▪ fundamental, inescapable, and unpleasant: "the brute necessities of basic subsistence"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus ‘dull, stupid’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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