Synonyms for brutishness

Most common

cruelty · brutality · barbarity · ferity · brutism · feralness · ferality

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The characteristic of being brutish.

Forms

Plural

brutishnesses → cruelties, brutalities, barbarities, brutisms…

Example sentences

• cruelty The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.
• brutality Mennad has never seen any atrocities or brutality.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

ferity

7 letters

cruelty², brutism

8 letters

ferality

9 letters

brutality⁴, barbarity⁴, feralness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruelty² = 2 syllables).