savagely violent
残忍的,野蛮的
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a brutal murder .一桩残忍的谋杀案。
punishingly unpleasant, hard, or uncomfortable
严酷的;苛刻的;令人不舒服的
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the brutal morning light .令人不舒服的晨光。
without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness
毫不掩饰不快情绪的
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the brutal honesty of his observations .他毫不掩饰不快之情的言论。
"late 15th cent.(in the sense ‘relating to the lower animals’): from Old French, from medieval Latin