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brutalness

brutalness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being brutal; brutality.

Noun

brutalness (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being brutal; brutality
    • "No," replied the Mate, and shook his head, thoughtfully. "The seas would make a clean breach over us, if we tried that. It's a case of 'run till you're blind, and pray till you bust'!" he concluded with a certain despondent brutalness.2013, William Hope Hodgson, Men of the Deep Waters

Origin of brutalness

From brutal + -ness.

Questions about brutalness

What does brutalness mean?
Brutalness means the state, quality, or condition of being brutal; brutality.
What part of speech is brutalness?
Brutalness is a noun.

Words near brutalness in the dictionary

  1. brutalizer
  2. brutalizers
  3. brutalizes
  4. brutalizing
  5. brutally
  6. brutalness
  7. Brutasha
  8. brute
  9. brute de forge
  10. brute fact
  11. brute facts

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