brutal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brutal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for brutal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brutal adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" Synonym(s): barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" Synonym(s): brutal, unrelenting resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" Synonym(s): beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brutal \Bru"tal\, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See {Brute}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. [bd]Above the rest of brutal kind.[b8] --Milton. 2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. [bd]Brutal intemperance.[b8] --Macaulay.