How to pronounce“brute”in English
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Definitions of “brute”
Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
“a brute beast”
Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
“A creature […] not prone / And brute as other creatures, but endued / With sanctity of reason.”
An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
“they laid before them how unbecoming it was the Dignity of such sublime Creatures to be sollicitous about gratifying those Appetites, which they had in common with Brutes, and at the same time unmindful of those higher qualities that gave them the preeminence over all visible Beings.”
A 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."”
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