BRUTISHNESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

brutishness

noun

as in brutality

the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal a novel depicting the brutishness to which a group of schoolboys descend when they are stranded on a deserted island

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Recent Examples of brutishness Generations of agents, therefore, have had to walk a line between bookishness and brutishness. —

Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 But the brutishness has merely relocated, to places far more dangerous. —

Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 Likewise, young Waller proves a revelation, capable of communicating Danny’s vulnerability and brutishness on the turn of a dime. —

Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

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brutality

Noun

Lyrics by Ahrens and dialogue by McNally about the discrimination and brutality that Black Americans and immigrants face can seem straight out of the current moment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026
Where the movie’s true eccentricity comes in is in its combination of breezy comedy with shocking brutality and gore, perhaps most exemplified in an oddly casual moment in a morgue where Seagal and Wayans find a clue in the form of a serial number on a dead woman’s breast implant.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026