a.

1. 殘忍的，冷酷的；野蠻的；粗暴的
   It was brutal of him to do that.

   他做那種事是很殘忍的。

2. 嚴酷的，苛刻的
   We had another brutal winter.

   我們又度過了一個嚴冬。

3. 令人不快卻又無可否認的
   He confessed the brutal truth.

   他供認了事實真相。

4. 【古】野獸的

adj.

1. savagely violent.
2. without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness:
   brutal honesty.
3. N. Amer. informal very bad.