brutal
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈbruːtəl/
- No, we need to look at the brutal facts and we have work to do.
- brutal conditions
- a brutal winter
- a brutal experience
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Watch on YouTubeReality can be brutal, but here's the thing.
- Reality can be brutal, but here's the thing.
- It's, it's been really brutal downtown in Portland.
- And you, and so personally, you put yourself through this brutal transformative process.
- But the first half of it was brutal and I was upset the entire time.
- What's your most disruptively brutal life lesson?
- And Yelp is such a brutal platform that restaurants rely on.
- He had like these brutal kind of experiences with the sport.
- Oh the sound of those are brutal, but I like the feel of them.
- And it's just loud and it is brutal there.
- It is a it, it's brutal, isn't it?
- It's even more brutal than I thought.
- It's pretty brutal with the with the case.
Examples
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Life in their social world can be brutal, often cut short by violent death.
Academic text (1991) -
It's a brutal game.
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This is absolutely brutal on this side here.
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It's even more brutal than I thought.
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But the first half of it was brutal and I was upset the entire time.
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Oh, man, this sun is brutal.
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To this day, it remains the longest and most brutal economic depression in American history.
Academic text (2011) -
In 2008, the global economy experienced a brutal financial retraction not seen since the 1930s.
Academic text (2010) -
We've been through some brutal, brutal winters, haven't we?
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The team faced brutal conditions during the storm, with freezing temperatures and strong winds.
Synonyms
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1.0
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
631
3.0
Hard and severe, causing problems or danger
307
5.1
Causing very great damage or sadness
200
5.5
Causing great fear or shock
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3.9
Too painful or unpleasant to stand
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7.9
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
40
3.9
Very strong and unpleasant to the senses, like bright light or bitter taste
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5.9
Very cruel and causing pain to people or animals
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6.3
Harsh and unfair treatment that hurts people
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8.4
Causing very strong pain to the body or mind
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7.6
Very cruel and shocking, causing great pain and fear
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8.5
Being very cruel and causing great pain
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8.0
Too unpleasant or painful to bear
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9.0
Very bad or difficult and hard to deal with
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9.9
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
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Etymology
Brutal comes from the word brute, which suggested raw, strong force rather than careful thought. That's why we use brutal for very hard weather or training, because it means extremely harsh and severe.