Synonyms: brutal
Definition: disagreeably direct and precise
Usage: he spoke with brutal honesty
Similar words: direct
Definition: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Usage: a direct question; a direct response; a direct approach
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: inhumane
Definition: lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Usage: humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: inhumane
Definition: lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Usage: humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
Synonyms: brutal, unrelenting
Definition: harsh
Usage: the brutal summer sun; a brutal winter
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense