Brutal and Pitiful

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Brutal adjective - Difficult to endure.

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

Nearby Words: brutish, brute, brutalize, brutality, brutally

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

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Brutal and pitiful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Pitiful".

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

The entire sequence from when Big Bad thrashes Johnny 5 up to Johnny repairing himself is Uncanny Valley disturbing; the attack was brutal, and Johnny's pitiful cries of mercy don't help.

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