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more brutal

ADJECTIVE

cruel, remorseless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barbarous callous ferocious harsh inhuman merciless rough rude ruthless savage severe vicious

WEAK

bloodthirsty gruff hard heartless impolite insensitive pitiless remorseless uncivil uncivilized unfeeling unmannerly unmerciful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm civilized compassionate courteous easy friendly gentle giving kind mild nice polished polite refined smooth sophisticated sympathetic tame temperate tender

WEAK

generous humane

ADJECTIVE

crude, rough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inhuman inhumane rude savage

WEAK

animal bearish beastly bestial brute brutish carnal coarse feral ferine swinish unfeeling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kind nice

WEAK

generous gentle humane

Example Sentences

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The latter was maybe even more brutal since Hearts were seven minutes away from glory before Dundee substitute Albert Kidd struck twice at Dens Park.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

An opinion piece in Germany's Bild tabloid was more brutal.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Gazans and Sudanese have felt them, at an infinitely more brutal scale, for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Hours are long, decisions have to be quick and fans can be more brutal than shareholders if they don’t like changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

I did not hear of this charade until the next day, and did not understand its purport; rather thinking it a pleasant interlude from the more brutal games of the Sons of Liberty.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson