Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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brutal

UK /ˈbɹuːtəl/ · US /ˈbɹu.təl/ adjective

  1. adjective Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner. “The game was brutal, but after a bloodbath he finally won.”
  2. adjective Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
  3. adjective Harsh; unrelenting.
  4. adjective Disagreeably precise or penetrating.
  5. adjective (music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
  6. adjective Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness. “brutal honesty”

Synonyms

barbaric barbarous savage truculent bowelless compassionless cruel flagitious demonic despiteful diabolic diabolical fell incessive inclement inhuman inhumane malicious merciless nasty roughshod vicious unrelenting beastly bestial brute brutish

Antonyms

gentle kind

Etymology

From Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "Above the rest of brutal kind." Milton.
  2. adjective Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. "Brutal intemperance." Macaulay.

Etymology [Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “brutal”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “brutal” (best matches first).