brutish

Questions about brutish

What does brutish mean?

brutish means "resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility".

How many syllables are in brutish?

brutish has 2 syllables: bru-tish. The stress falls on "bru". In IPA it is /ˈbɹutɪʃ/.

What is another word for brutish?

Close synonyms include beastly, bestial, brute, brutal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brutish a common word?

brutish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.