Brute
[bruːt] or [brut]
Definition
(a.) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
(a.) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
(a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
(a.) Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
(n.) An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
(n.) A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
(v. t.) To report; to bruit.
Editor: Philip
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Beast (in a wild state), quadruped, four-footed animal, ferocious animal.[2]. Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster.
a. [1]. Irrational, void of reason.[2]. Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL.[3]. Rough, rude, uncivilized.
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Definition
adj. belonging to the lower animals: irrational: stupid: rude.—n. one of the lower animals.—adj. Brut′al like a brute: unfeeling: inhuman.—v.t. Brut′alise to make like a brute to degrade.—v.i. to live like a brute.—n. Brutal′ity.—adv. Brut′ally.—n. Brute′ness brute-like state: brutality: (Spens.) stupidity.—v.t. Brut′ify to make brutal stupid or uncivilised:—pr.p. brutify′ing; pa.p. brutifīed′.—adj. Brut′ish brutal: (B.) unwise.—adv. Brut′ishly.—n. Brut′ishness.—The brute creation the lower animals.
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n. See HUSBAND.
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Examples
- They say, don't they, he went on, that the secretary helped her to get away from her brute of a husband, who kept her practically a prisoner? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Don't talk to me, don't, you brute, for fear I should be perwoked to forgit my sect and strike you! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The way he'd say “I've been a regular brown bear to-day,” and take himself in his arms and hug himself at the thoughts of the brute he had pretended. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The girl had almost ceased to breathe, when, to her relief, the head disappeared and she heard the brute's footsteps leaving the window. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The brute tried to force an entrance; but presently this ceased, and again she heard the great pads creeping stealthily around the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Ugh, you brute! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Get it then,' said Eugene; adding very heartily under his breath, '--You Brute! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, Ellen--forgive me; I'm a fool and a brute! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I denounced myself as a remorseless brute and a ruthless beast. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Who is the brute you call Baxter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Can't fancy a lady fond of that brute--'tis so ugly--a mere carter's dog. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Excellent, I said, and you may see passion equally in brute animals, which is a further proof of the truth of what you are saying. Plato. The Republic.
- One should be a brute not to feel for the distress they are in; and from what I hear, poor Mr. Bertram has a bad chance of ultimate recovery. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- At first he robbed the brute of his fleecy skin and wore it bodily. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Must you ever go on down the ages to your final extinction but little above the plane of the dumb brutes that serve you! Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The young of the brutes are immeasurably his superiors. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As the brutes, growling and foaming, rushed upon the almost defenseless women I turned my head that I might not see the horrid sight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- What were a few long hours added to the hardships of some over-taxed brutes when weighed against the peril of those human souls? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, Mr. Sawyer,' screamed the shrill voice of Mrs. Raddle, 'are them brutes going? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His savage life among the fierce wild brutes of the jungle left no opening for any thought that these could be aught else than enemies. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They are fearsome appearing brutes at best, but when they are aroused they are fully as dangerous as they look. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He asked me, who made the ship, and how it was possible that the _Houyhnhnms_ of my country would leave it to the management of brutes? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Grass was now spreading over the world, and with this extension arose some huge graminivorous brutes of which no representative survives to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It well suits brutes like thee to be tampering and trinketing with hellish cures, and to be giving your labour to the sons of mischief. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Watch the wall at your end of the chamber, Tars Tarkas, I cautioned, it is through secret doorways in the wall that the brutes are loosed upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is plain he took us for a species of animals very little superior to brutes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Soon we were entirely surrounded by some fifty of the brutes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This is a sorry scene: I see fifty selfish brutes at this moment, each of whom, if I were near, I could conscientiously knock down. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The population of Ecclefigg are a parcel of brutes; we want to civilize them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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