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brutish

English

Etymology

From brute +? -ish

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b?u?t.??/
  • Rhymes: -u?t??

Adjective

brutish (comparative more brutish, superlative most brutish)

  1. Of, or in the manner of a brute
  2. Bestial; lacking human sensibility

Quotations

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Translations

Further reading

  • brutish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • brutish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • brutish at OneLook Dictionary Search

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ruthless

English

Etymology

From Middle English reuþeles; equivalent to ruth +? -less.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??u??l?s/

Adjective

ruthless (comparative more ruthless, superlative most ruthless)

  1. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
    Antonym: ruthful
    • 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
      At length their rage the ho?tile Pow’rs re?train, / All but the ruthle?s Monarch of the Main.

Related terms

  • ruthlessness

Translations

Anagrams

  • Selhurst, hurtless, hustlers, sluthers

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