brutish

/ˈbruːtɪʃ/
adjective
  1. Behaving like a brute; cruel, violent, or without intelligence or feeling.
    • The dictator's brutish regime showed no mercy to its opponents.
    • After years of isolation, his manners had become coarse and brutish.
    • The brutish guard shoved the prisoner without any warning.
  2. Unpleasant, rough, or uncivilized in quality or condition.
    • The apartment was in a brutish state, with broken windows and trash everywhere.
    • They endured a brutish winter with barely enough food to survive.
    • Life in the early mining camps was brutish and short.
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