brute
Because it is a word with a single syllable, brute is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofbrute
- An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
- A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
Example: "One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail.""
- (Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
- To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
- Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
Example: "a brute beast"
- Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
- Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
Example: "the brute earth; the brute powers of nature"
- Crude, unpolished.
- Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
Example: "I punched him with brute force."
- Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.
Example: "brute violence"
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