BRUTAL


Meaning of BRUTAL in English

bru ‧ tal /ˈbruːtl/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . very cruel and violent

brutal murder/attack/assault

a brutal attack on a defenceless old man

a brutal man

2 . not pleasant and not sensitive to people’s feelings:

He replied with brutal honesty.

—brutally adverb :

He was brutally murdered.

If I’m brutally honest, I don’t like her dress.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.