- a nonhuman creature; beast.
- a brutal, insensitive, or crude person.
- the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us.
- animal; not human.
- not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational.
- characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality.
- savage; cruel: brute force.
- carnal; sensual.
- to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.
- any animal except man; beast; lower animal
- (as modifier)
- a brutal person
- wholly instinctive or physical (esp in the phrases brute strength, brute force)
- without reason or intelligence
- coarse and grossly sensual
