| 1. | a nonhuman creature; beast. |
| 2. | a brutal, insensitive, or crude person. |
| 3. | the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us. |
| 4. | animal; not human. |
| 5. | not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational. |
| 6. | characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality. |
| 7. | savage; cruel: brute force. |
| 8. | carnal; sensual. |
