Reverse Dictionary: BRUTAL

ADJECTIVES
1398 — BEASTISH brutish, beastly → obs.
1400 BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized 
1555 RUFFIANOUS brutal, violent; like a ruffian; bold in crimes → obs.
1594 DOGGISH brutish, bestial; lecherous; sensual 
1599 IMMANE brutal, wild; inhumanly cruel or savage 
1618 BELLUINE brutal, savage; pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; beast-like → obs.
1625 — HUNNISH characteristic of the Huns; brutal, savage, destructive
1626 BUTCHERY brutal; barbarous; bloody → obs.
1847 LAWE rough, violent, brutal → Eng. dial.


ADVERBS
1560 BUTCHERLY brutally; in a violent and bloody manner; barbarously → obs.


NOUNS
1374 BESTIALITY brutality; stupidity 
1530 BEASTISHNESS brutishness → obs.
1534 FERITY brutishness, wildness; the quality of being wild or savage; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty 
1539 IMMANITY brutality; inhuman cruelty; savagery; also, a cruel or savage act → obs.
1785 SHAG brutality of manner 
1890 BRUTEDOM brutish nature 


NOUNS – PERSON
1210 BEAST a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature 
1575 CLUB-FIST a brutal, rough fellow; a thug → obs.
1604 BARBARIAN a brutal monster; a rude, wild, uncivilized person 
1606 SAVAGE a brutal or unfeeling person; a savage, cruel, or fierce person 
1751 BEAR a brutal, coarse, or morose person 
1818 HARD HORSE a brutal, tyrannical person; a pugnacious or unyielding fellow → US sl.
1834 HARD COLT a brutal, tyrannical person; a tough young man → US sl.
1851 BAGGAGE SMASHER a brutal, coarse, rough person → Amer. sl. obs.
1886 BLADDER-HEAD a brutal, coarse bully → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1892 ANIMAL a brutal, vulgar, aggressive, or violent person; a term of contempt → Amer. sl.
1904 BRUTALITARIAN a person who practices or advocates the practice of brutality 
1916 HARD GUY a brutal or tough man; a serious, violent criminal → US sl.
1955 MOMSER a brute; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a disliked person; a detestable man → US sl.
1966 DOG a brutal or treacherous person  US sl., esp. African-American
1974 CABRON a brutish or dim-witted man → Mexican-American usage


VERBS
1628 BESTIATE to brutalize 
1639 IMBRUTISH to brutalize; to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial → obs.
1640 EMBRUTE IMBRUTE to brutalize; to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial 
1684 BESTIALIZE to brutalize, to debase in character 
1795 ABRUTALIZE to brutalize 
1847 CRUELIZE to treat cruelly or brutally, to torture → Amer. dial.
1894 — RUFFIANIZE to behave violently or brutally → obs.
1990DOG to treat badly or brutally → African-American sl.
1990 PULL A RODNEY KING to initiate police brutality  African-American sl.