brutally
In cruel fashion
Brutally means in a harsh, violent, or mercilessly direct manner.
Physical brutality involves savage force: The prisoner was brutally beaten.
More often, brutally describes unflinching honesty or severity: Let me be brutally honest with you.
The word emphasizes that something is painful to experience, whether physically or emotionally.
In a brutal manner
- savagelyIn a brutal manner
- ferociouslyIn a savage manner
- barbaricallyIn brutal, uncivilized manner
- cruellyIn a harsh, pitiless manner
sadistically · bloodily · murderously · heinously · atrociously · gruesomely · violently · destructively
In a harsh manner
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
- unforgivinglyWithout offering pardon
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
- unrelentinglyWithout yielding or softening
pitilessly · sternly · rigorously · oppressively · punitively · damagingly · painfully · grievously
Open and direct
- directUndeviating or to guide
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
- unvarnishedWithout embellishment or coating
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
plain-spoken · honest · candid · bluntly · harshly · pointedly · unfiltered · point-blank
With intense aggression
- extremelyTo an intense degree
- overwhelminglyTo an overpowering degree
- intenselyWith extreme force
- searinglyWith intense burning heat
scorchingly · blazingly · swelteringly · bitingly · numbingly · freezingly · blindingly · deafeningly
viciously
In a brutal manner
- savagelyIn a brutal manner
- ferociouslyIn a savage manner
- barbaricallyIn brutal, uncivilized manner
cruelly · sadistically · bloodily · murderously · heinously · atrociously · gruesomely · violently · destructively · lethally
severely
In a harsh manner
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
- unforgivinglyWithout offering pardon
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
unrelentingly · pitilessly · sternly · rigorously · oppressively · punitively · damagingly · painfully · grievously · searingly
frank
Open and direct
- directUndeviating or to guide
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
- unvarnishedWithout embellishment or coating
straightforward · plain-spoken · honest · candid · bluntly · harshly · pointedly · unfiltered · point-blank · explicitly
fiercely
With intense aggression
- extremelyTo an intense degree
- overwhelminglyTo an overpowering degree
- intenselyWith extreme force
searingly · scorchingly · blazingly · swelteringly · bitingly · numbingly · freezingly · searingly · blindingly · deafeningly
brutallygently
In a mild manner
tenderly · kindly · humanely · softly · compassionately
brutallydiplomatically
With political finesse
tactfully · gently · delicately · euphemistically · softly
- brutal honestyUnsparing directness in speech
- police brutalityUnjustified force by officers
- brutally honest
- brutal beating
- brutal violenceExtreme, merciless physical harm
brutal, brutality, brutalize, brutalized, brutalizing, brutalizes, brutalization