прилагательное 1) бесчеловечный, жестокий, зверский Например: It was brutal of him to do that. — Он поступил очень жестоко. Синоним(ы): savage, terrible, cruel, brutish 2) ожесточённый Например: brutal attack — ожесточённая атака 3) [используется в разговорной речи] отвратительный Например: brutal weather — отвратительная погода 4) жестокий, горький Например: brutal truth — жестокая правда
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin brutalis, from Latin brutus — more at brute 1. archaic typical of beasts; animal 2. befitting a brute: as a. grossly ruthless or unfeeling Example: a brutal slander b. cruel, cold-blooded Example: a brutal attack c. harsh, severe Example: brutal weather d. unpleasantly accurate and incisive Example: the brutal truth e. very bad or unpleasant Example: a brutal mistake • brutally adverb Synonyms: brutal, brutish, bestial, feral mean characteristic of an animal in nature, action, or instinct. brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity Example: a senseless and brutal war. brutish stresses likeness to an animal in low intelligence, in base appetites, and in behavior based on instinct Example: brutish stupidity. bestial suggests a state of degradation unworthy of humans and fit only for beasts Example: bestial depravity. feral suggests the savagery or ferocity of wild animals Example: the struggle to survive unleashed their feral impulses.