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Meaning Of Brute

  1. a.
    Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
  2. a.
    Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
  3. a.
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
  4. a.
    Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
  5. a.
    Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
  6. n.
    An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
  7. n.
    A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
  8. v. t.
    To report; to bruit.



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