imbruting
imbruting is the present participle and gerund of imbrute.
Meaning of imbrute
Verb
imbrute (third-person singular simple present imbrutes, present participle imbruting, simple past and past participle imbruted)
- To make brutal
- It was his belief in his father's indifference or dislike that hardened and imbruted him; it is only when he hears how that father loved him that I now melt his pride and curb his passions.1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons, Complete
- To degrade to the state of a brute
- How deep was the change, made upon the imbruted Asiatics, we may perhaps question.1905, Various, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2
Adjective
imbruting (comparative more imbruting, superlative most imbruting)
- Brutalizing, degrading.
- I shall not, however, dwell on the vices, though they be of the most contemptible and embruting cast, to which a sudden access of fortune gives birth […].1796, Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Oxford, published 2009, page 19
Forms of imbruting
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | embruting |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more imbruting |
| superlative | most imbruting |
Questions about imbruting
- What does imbruting mean?
- Imbruting means brutalizing, degrading.
- What is imbruting the present participle and gerund of?
- Imbruting is the present participle and gerund of imbrute.
- What part of speech is imbruting?
- Imbruting is an adjective.
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