2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Brutish \Bru"tish\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent. [1913 Webster] O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can devise. --Leigh Hunt. [1913 Webster] Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain that he would seek to take the rank and density of the brute. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Syn: Insensible; stupid; unfeeling; savage; cruel; brutal; barbarous; inhuman; ferocious; gross; carnal; sensual; bestial. [1913 Webster] -- {Bru"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Bru"tish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: brutishly adv : in an inhumane manner; "she treated her husband bestially" [syn: {bestially}, {in a beastly manner}]
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