brutish | Definition of brutish

Synonyms and Antonyms of brutish

having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal

as the months of recurrent combat dragged on, the daily existence of the soldiers became increasingly brutish

Synonyms of brutish

animalistic, beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, feral, ferine, subhuman, swinish

Words Related to brutish

animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, sensual

barbaric, barbarous, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton

coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar

Near Antonyms of brutish

chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, noble, sublime

angelic (or angelical), spiritual

beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, tenderhearted

cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, well-bred