brutish
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Driven by rumors of Severus’ impending death, some bored soldiers proclaimed one of his brutish sons as their emperor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
In both movies, Mr. Duvall is somehow funny and brutish at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
He quotes the philosopher Thomas Hobbes that our lives have been “nasty, brutish and short.”
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
For a long time, scientists considered Neanderthals brutish and unsophisticated by comparison with our species.
From BBC • May 1, 2024
There was something vacuous and stupid about it, flapping out there in the middle of nowhere, something empty, banal, brutish.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing brutish
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