brutish
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While she deftly fends off his brutish attempts to express his attraction—Anna’s past has made her wary of men and skilled at putting them in their place—Anna nevertheless feels drawn to this forceful man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
But the longed-for comeuppance of the brutish earl is as much an attraction to the series as Ms. Peckham.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
This year, it became apparent to more shoppers that Prime Day is less a showcase of Amazon deals than a brutish exhibition of the platform’s unmatched power.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
He comes from a mangled life and he’s very cunning and very brutish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025
Scientists used to quote a phrase of Thomas Hobbes’s in order to characterize the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers as “nasty, brutish, and short.”
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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