brute
/bruːt/
adjective
- Involving or characterized by physical strength rather than intelligence or skill.
- It was a brute effort, but they finally moved the boulder.
- The job required brute strength to lift heavy boxes.
- They used brute force to open the locked door.
- Unreasoning and purely instinctive or animal-like.
- Her brute honesty sometimes hurt people's feelings.
- The soldiers fought with brute courage, ignoring the danger.
- He felt a brute urge to smash the window.
noun
- A large, strong, and often violent person or animal.
- Don't act like a brute; use your words instead.
- The guard was a huge brute who scared everyone.
- The lion is a powerful brute of the savanna.
- A cruel, insensitive, or rough person.
- She called him a brute after he broke her favorite vase in anger.
- Only a brute would kick a helpless puppy.
- He was a brute to his employees, yelling at them constantly.