brutish

/ˈbɹuːt.ɪʃ/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

great, wicked

BRUTISH + NOUN

idiot, man, ways

PREP.

adj

Of, or in the manner of a brute

Bestial; lacking human sensibility

adjective — resembling a beast

Of a hypothetical state of human life, without a government or society, and marked by constant fear, violence, and insecurity.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

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He was coarse in his habits and brutish in his ways.

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He's a brutish, wicked man.

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