P. J. Harvey

I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.

British Musician

Glenn Danzig

It started getting too crazy with 'Earth A.D.' The concepts started becoming too brutal and violent. It was less about fiction and more about the real world, the past, present, and future. I think a lot of people got freaked out by that.

American Musician

Kieran Trippier

My brother is brutally honest with me - he always has been - and he's the first one I text after games. He has a nice chat with me and tells me how I did. He's one I've always looked up to, and I'll always respect him for that.

English Athlete

Jimmy Barnes

The music industry is quite brutal and quite harsh and can be spirit shattering, but it's an honour to be a musician because your job is to make sure people enjoy themselves; to make people forget about their troubles.

Scottish Musician

Flannery O'Connor

All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

American Author

Nancy Wilson

I think it's important to be kind of brutally honest without making anyone else feel bad in any way, if possible.

Jane Kaczmarek

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

American Actress

Holland Roden

In real life, I'm so brutally honest that it almost works against me sometimes.

Christine Lagarde

I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France.

French Politician

Angie Martinez

The truth is that the music business is mean and honest and brutal.

The word 'brutal' can describe psychological cruelty, not just physical violence.

Not Physical Only

'Brutal' often intensifies the seriousness of situations or actions to a severe degree.

Seriousness Intensified

'Brutal' conveys a strong negative emotion and is rarely used in neutral or positive contexts.

Negative Emotion

'Brutal' describes non-living things metaphorically to express difficulty or intensity.

Metaphorical Use

When related to physical activity, 'brutal' suggests it's very demanding and punishing on the body.

Physically Taxing

'Brutal' can describe experiences that are psychologically taxing and extremely challenging.

Mentally Draining

When someone is 'brutal' in their words, they're being very honest, without trying to soften the message.

Lack of Sugarcoating

Using 'brutal' to describe someone's words could imply that their honesty may be perceived as rudeness.

Possible Rude Connotation

'Brutal' can be too casual or harsh for formal or diplomatic conversations.

Avoid in Formality

 through thirteen years of relentless, harsh, and often brutal training. The Spartans prized physical perfection above all else, and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves,

This is Sparta: Fierce...

 kind of leadership that you had at the time for example while the discovery of diamonds led to a brutal civil war in Sierra Leone in Liberia but so Ana has been peacefully mining diamonds for more than forty years and having the process build a rich economy that compares to

Paving the way towards...

 episode where we wanted to show how important it is for animals to gain dominance in a group and how different animals go about that to get to the top he must become a fighter the battles are so brutal that males need years of training

Filming The Kangaroo...

 It brutally draws us in to a virtual sensory awareness of the world much like meditation." If shivering is a form of meditation, then I would consider myself a monk. Now, before we get into the why

Chris Burkard: The joy...

 They watch forlornly from a safe distance. Life for them in exile is going to be tough. However brutal this seems, Klinky is prepared to go much further to protect her unborn pups, if she needs to.

Meerkat Mother Exiles...

 for a male there's only really one key lesson to learn in his life to get to the top he must become a fighter the battles are so brutal that males need years of training to prepare

ONE HOUR of Amazing...

 learn in his life they get to the top he must become a fighter the battles are so brutal that males need years of training to prepare the effort is worth it because a champion

BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...

 of death and taking its last breath. Life can be harsh, and these brutal scenarios take place daily in the wild. Thankfully, we aren't there to witness it all.

Fatal Encounter with...

 At first glance, the Arctic feels brutally devoid of life, though a select group of animals have figured out a way to thrive.

Wolf Pack Takes on a...

 At first glance the arctic feel brutally devoid of life. Though a select group of animals have figured out a way to thrive.

Brutal

Extremely cruel or harsh.

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Hugely intense or exhausting.

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Very direct and lacking any attempt to disguise unpleasantness.

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Not Physical Only

Seriousness Intensified

Negative Emotion

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