BRUTISHNESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

brutishness

noun

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the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal a novel depicting the brutishness to which a group of schoolboys descend when they are stranded on a deserted island

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Recent Examples of brutishness Generations of agents, therefore, have had to walk a line between bookishness and brutishness. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 But the brutishness has merely relocated, to places far more dangerous. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 Likewise, young Waller proves a revelation, capable of communicating Danny’s vulnerability and brutishness on the turn of a dime. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

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brutality

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The army Mladic created to fight in Bosnia was a model of ruthlessness, daring and brutality in the Serb warrior tradition, once prized in the life-or-death partisan struggle against the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia in World War Two.

— Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Freya is the granddaughter of Athos — a dog who survived the Russian brutality in Bucha and was found on the street where Ukrainian forces destroyed a large Russian convoy, Danylchenko told the Associated Press in an interview.

— Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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