'Brutality' definitions:
Definition of 'brutality'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Definition of 'Brutality'
From: GCIDE
- Brutality \Bru*tal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Brutalities. [Cf. F. brutalit['e].]
- 1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An inhuman act. [1913 Webster]
- The . . . brutalities exercised in war. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brutality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominableness,
- acuteness,
- Adam,
- animalism,
- animality,
- atrociousness,
- atrocity,
- awfulness,
- barbarism,
- barbarity,
- barbarousness,
- baseness,
- beastliness,
- bestiality,
- bloodiness,
- bloodlust,
- bloodthirst,
- bloodthirstiness,
- bloody-mindedness,
- brutalness,
- brutishness,
- cannibalism,
- carnal nature,
- carnal-mindedness,
- carnality,
- coarseness,
- contemptibleness,
- cruelness,
- cruelty,
- despicableness,
- destructiveness,
- detestableness,
- direness,
- disgustingness,
- dreadfulness,
- earthiness,
- egregiousness,
- extremity,
- fallen nature,
- fallen state,
- ferociousness,
- ferocity,
- fiendishness,
- fierceness,
- filth,
- flesh,
- fleshliness,
- force,
- foulness,
- fulsomeness,
- furiousness,
- Gothicism,
- grossness,
- harshness,
- hatefulness,
- heinousness,
- horribleness,
- ill breeding,
- impetuosity,
- impoliteness,
- incivility,
- inclemency,
- infamousness,
- inhumaneness,
- inhumanity,
- intensity,
- lapsed state,
- loathsomeness,
- lousiness,
- malignity,
- materialism,
- mercilessness,
- mindlessness,
- murderousness,
- nastiness,
- Neanderthalism,
- nefariousness,
- noisomeness,
- nonspirituality,
- notoriousness,
- obnoxiousness,
- odiousness,
- offensiveness,
- outrageousness,
- philistinism,
- pitilessness,
- postlapsarian state,
- rankness,
- repulsiveness,
- rigor,
- rottenness,
- roughness,
- ruthlessness,
- sadism,
- sadistic cruelty,
- sanguineousness,
- savagery,
- savagism,
- scandalousness,
- scurviness,
- severity,
- shabbiness,
- shamefulness,
- sharpness,
- shoddiness,
- sordidness,
- squalidness,
- squalor,
- swinishness,
- terribleness,
- terrorism,
- the beast,
- the flesh,
- the offending Adam,
- the Old Adam,
- the pits,
- troglodytism,
- truculence,
- uncivilizedness,
- uncleanness,
- uncouthness,
- uncultivatedness,
- uncultivation,
- unculturedness,
- ungentleness,
- unrefinement,
- unspirituality,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- venom,
- viciousness,
- vileness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- wanton cruelty,
- wildness,
- worthlessness,
- wretchedness