Brutal and Ill

Brutal

Brutal adjective - Difficult to endure.

Ill and brutal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ill" instead an adjective "Brutal".

Ill

Ill adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: such ill behavior will not be tolerated

Brutal and ill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Ill".

Nearby Word: illness

Both words in one sentence

  • It should be moving, but instead it feels ill-placed and tacked-on amidst the brutal, bloody, emotionally-draining death scene which preceded it - a better goodbye than a montage could ever be.
  • Lobotomy The Lobotomist (PBS film) traces the career of Walter Freeman from 'savior' of mentally ill people to being seen as a perpetrator of a brutal mistake.
    Source: Lobotomy
  • Our Werewolves Are Different Although the race is inherently more brutal, there is no loss of sanity or any other such ill effect from the transformation.
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