brutal

adjective

1. Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel.

2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

3. Harsh; unrelenting.

4. Disagreeably precise or penetrating.

5. musicfigurativelyIn extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.

6. Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness.

   “brutal honesty”

7. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   “a barbarous crime”

   “brutal beatings”

   “cruel tortures”

   Similar: barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

8. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

   “beastly desires”

   “a bestial nature”

   “brute force”

   Similar: beastly, bestial, brute, brutish