Definition of be brutal

brutal

adjective

• extremely horrendous, embarrassing or harsh. (Not slang, coming to English from Medieval Latin.)

  It was brutal when Stanford got knocked out of the Final Four.

  Dude, that was a brutal way to break up with your girlfriend!

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Jan 23 2012. Submitted by Alli Henry from Palo Alto, CA, USA on Apr 18 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing':
lame	Definitions include: boring, dull, uninspired.
f*ckward	Definitions include: Fuckward.
nas	Definitions include: abbreviation of "heinous."
404	Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
fake	Definitions include: to fail to meet someone at a designated location.
screw the badger	Definitions include: to be bad or displeasing.
salty	Definitions include: mean or disrespectful.
chintzy	Definitions include: poor quality; "second-rate".
pish	Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality.
drag	Definitions include: a person's story: what they would have you believe.
bobo	Definitions include: off-brand.
nope	Definitions include: "no".
dump	Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone.
pid	Definitions include: "stupid".
fugazi	Definitions include: fake.
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brutes	Definitions include: "brutal".
bruty	Definitions include: "brutal".

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