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brutest

brutest is the superlative form of brute.

Meaning of brute

Adjective

brute (comparative more brute, superlative most brute)

  1. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
    • a brute beast
  2. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
    • A creature […] not prone / And brute as other creatures, but endued / With sanctity of reason.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
    • the brute earth; the brute powers of nature
  4. Crude, unpolished.
    • a great brute farmer from Liddesdale1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
  5. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature.
    • I got the door open through brute force.
  6. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
    • brute violence

See all 11 meanings of brute

Questions about brutest

What is brutest the superlative form of?
Brutest is the superlative form of brute.

Words near brutest in the dictionary

  1. bruter
  2. bruters
  3. brutes
  4. brutes for punishment
  5. brutesome
  6. brutest
  7. Bruthen
  8. brutification
  9. brutifications
  10. brutified
  11. brutifies

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