'Brutal' definitions:

Definition of 'brutal'

From: WordNet
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious]
adjective
Harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" [syn: brutal, unrelenting]
adjective
Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn: beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]
adjective
Disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"

Definition of 'Brutal'

From: GCIDE
  • Brutal \Bru"tal\, a. [Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "Above the rest of brutal kind." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. "Brutal intemperance." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'brutal'

From: Moby Thesaurus