brutal

Adjective
  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (synset 301266123)
    "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
    similar to: inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
    same as: barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
  2. Punishingly harsh (synset 301514513)
    "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
    similar to: intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
    same as: unrelenting
  3. Resembling a beast;
    Showing lack of human sensibility (synset 301266555)
    "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
    similar to: inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
    same as: beastly, bestial, brute, brutish
  4. Disagreeably direct and precise (synset 300768716)
    "he spoke with brutal honesty"
    similar to: direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

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