Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Adjective
S: (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering) "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
S: (adj) brutal, unrelenting (punishingly harsh) "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
S: (adj) beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, brutal (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility) "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
S: (adj) brutal (disagreeably direct and precise) "he spoke with brutal honesty"