brute meaning and definition

BRUTE noun

Definition of brute (noun)

1. a cruelly rapacious person
   • synonyms: beast, savage, wildcat, wolf
2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   • synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

BRUTE adjective

Definition of brute (adjective)

1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
   • "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
   • synonyms: beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish