brute[noun]Synonyms:- savage, barbarian, beast, devil, fiend, monster, sadist, swine
- animal, beast, creature, wild animal
[adjective]Synonyms:- mindless, bodily, carnal, fleshly, instinctive, physical, senseless, unthinking
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Bru‧te /ˈbruːteɪ/
Et tu, Brute? and you, Brutus?
quote a phrase from Shakespeare's play
Julius Caesar, used by Caesar when he realizes that even his good friend Brutush has betrayed
betray him and is going to kill him ⇒
Caesar, Julius [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
I. brute1 /bruːt/
noun [countable] a man who is cruel, violent, and not sensitive
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II. brute2 adjective[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: brut 'rough', from Latin brutus 'heavy, stupid']
1. brute force/strength physical strength, rather than intelligence and careful thinking:
Discussion can be more effective than the use of brute force.2. [only before noun] simple and not involving any other facts or qualities:
The brute fact is that the situation will not improve. brute stupidity [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲