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Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "Above the rest of brutal kind." Milton.

Brutish quality; brutality.

The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.

The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.

In a brutal manner; cruelly.

e state of an angel; to render angelic. It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor.

A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." Philips.

A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.

Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking to excess. Swift.

Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.] Animal and belluine life. Atterbury.

Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. Shak.

To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize. The process of bestializing humanity. Hare.

Swinish; brutal; cruel. In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. Shak.

Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] Bale.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay. The influence of capital and mere brute labor. Playfair.

Brutality. [Obs.] Spenser.

To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize. Any man not quite brutified and void of sense. Barrow.