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brute definition
brute |
Grep of noun brute brute Overview of noun brute The noun brute has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat -- (a cruelly rapacious person) 2. animal, animate being beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement) Overview of adj brute The adj brute has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) beastly, bestial, brute, brutish -- (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners") Antonyms of adj brute 1 sense of brute Sense 1 beastly, bestial, brute(postnominal), brutish INDIRECT (VIA inhumane) -> humane Similarity of adj brute 1 sense of brute Sense 1 beastly, bestial, brute(postnominal), brutish => inhumane (vs. humane) Attributes of adj brute Familiarity of adj brute brute used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj brute brute Overview of noun brute The noun brute has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat -- (a cruelly rapacious person) 2. animal, animate being beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement) Overview of adj brute The adj brute has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) beastly, bestial, brute, brutish -- (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners")
brute definition
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