Main entry: brutal
Definition: disagreeably direct and precise
Usage: he spoke with brutal honesty
Main entry: brutal, barbarous, cruel, vicious, savage, roughshod, fell
Definition: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Usage: a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks
Main entry: beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish
Definition: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Usage: beastly desires; a bestial nature; brute force; a dull and brutish man; bestial treatment of prisoners
Main entry: brutal, unrelenting
Definition: harsh
Usage: the brutal summer sun; a brutal winter