Brutal and Wretched

Brutal

Brutal adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: brutal hard labor in the hot sun

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

Wretched

Wretched adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a wretched attempt at writing an original song

Brutal and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Wretched".

Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly

Both words in one sentence

  • Wretched Hive: Los Angeles is reduced to a chaotic shithole thanks to lack of electricity, lack of water, and "brutal suffocation" of unrest by the LAPD.
  • Good Is Not Nice While he's crude, brutal and very much the '90s Anti-Hero, he did genuinely want to clean up the Wretched Hive that was his world.
  • In fact, it's because of this that her Wretched Egg personality was created through the sheer trauma of being subjected to endless, brutal, torturous experiments.
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