brute
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animalA person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
» Don't be a brute.
Sei nicht so grob! — Yorwba
Не будь скотиной. — sharptoothed
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4 sensesA person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."
Tier, Rüpel, Unmensch
скоти́наskotína
A kind of powerful spotlight.
(archaic)An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
Vieh
живо́тноеživótnoje
(UK, archaic)One who has not yet matriculated.
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- a cruelly rapacious person
Examples
22 sentencesDon't be a brute.
ruНе будь скотиной. — sharptoothed
deSei nicht so grob! — Yorwba
He is a brute to his children.
deEr ist grausam zu seinen Kindern. — a_coder
His style involves brute force, not finesse.
deSein Stil beruht auf roher Gewalt, nicht auf Finesse. — Yorwba
A friendly word achieves more than brute force.
deMit Freundlichkeit erreicht man mehr als mit Gewalt. — Esperantostern
A kind word achieves more than brute force.
deMit Freundlichkeit erreicht man mehr als mit Gewalt. — Esperantostern
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensiblFrom Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).
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