Bru"tal (?), a. [Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
"Above the rest of
brutal kind."
Milton.
2.
Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
"
Brutal intemperance."
Macaulay.
© Webster 1913.