brutish
Like a beast
Brutish describes behavior or qualities resembling a brute—crude, savage, or lacking refinement.
A brutish person acts with animal-like aggression or stupidity, indifferent to others' feelings: The guards treated prisoners with brutish cruelty.
Brutish conditions are harsh and degrading.
The word implies not just violence but a coarseness that seems subhuman.
Fierce and untamed
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
ferocious · inhumane · heartless · callous · bloodthirsty · pitiless · sadistic · harsh
Resembling a savage creature
- feralWild after domestication
- beastlySavagely cruel or unpleasant
- primalFirst in origin
- savageFierce and untamed
wild · untamed · predatory · instinctual · carnal · prowling · snarling · growling
Crudely ill-mannered
- loutishCrude and ill-mannered
- oafishStupidly clumsy
- uncouthLacking good manners
- churlishIll-mannered and rude
gruff · rough · vulgar · crass · indelicate · tactless · clumsy · blunt
Cruelly insensitive to others
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- coldLow temperature state
heartless · uncaring · indifferent · unsympathetic · hardened · numb · emotionless · detached
savage
Fierce and untamed
barbaric · ferocious · inhumane · heartless · callous · bloodthirsty · pitiless · sadistic · harsh · violent
bestial
Resembling a savage creature
savage · wild · untamed · predatory · instinctual · carnal · prowling · snarling · growling · howling
boorish
Crudely ill-mannered
churlish · gruff · rough · vulgar · crass · indelicate · tactless · clumsy · blunt · rude
callous
Cruelly insensitive to others
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
cold · heartless · uncaring · indifferent · unsympathetic · hardened · numb · emotionless · detached · unmoved
brutishgentle
Soft and kind
humane · kind · compassionate · benevolent · tenderhearted
brutishnoble
Titled or virtuous
high-minded · elevated · lofty · sublime · magnanimous