brutal Copy link Outline 1. fĕrus (i. e. wild, rude2. agrestis, e (i. e. rude, boorish, q. v.)3. ĭnhūmānus4. immānis, e • brutal: i. e. inhuman, cruel, rude: 1. fĕrus (i. e. wild, rude: unsoftened by any influences): no one is so b. but he may become gentle, nemo adeo f. est, ut non mitescere possit, Hor.: the Britons b. to their guests, Britanni hospitibus f., Hor.: Cic.: v. wild. 2. agrestis, e (i. e. rude, boorish, q. v.): a b. and passionate master, dominus a. et furiosus, Cic.: a b. countenance, vultus a., Ov. 3. ĭnhūmānus: v. inhuman. 4. immānis, e: v. savage, cruel.