Brutal and Poor

Brutal

Brutal adjective - Difficult to endure.

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

Poor

Poor adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band

Brutal and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • She kills many of her victims in brutal and unnecessarily cruel ways, including spinning one poor soul by his grappling hook wires until his body folds in half backwards.
  • When you click on said item something brutal happens to the poor bunny (he even screams in agony) and knocks him out- he is then dipped into a vat of chocolate and comes out as a chocolate bunny.
  • His factory jelly-extracting equipment is absolutely brutal on the poor jellyfish.
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