brute
noun/bruːt/
/bruːt/
- (sometimes humorous) a man who treats people in an unkind, cruel way
- His father was a drunken brute.
- You've forgotten my birthday again, you brute!
- an ugly brute
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- an animal, as opposed to a human being
- We, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect on our experiences.
- brute (of something) a thing which is difficult and unpleasant
- That was a brute of an exam paper.
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus ‘dull, stupid’.
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