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Savagely violent

Having or showing the nature and appetites of an animal

Direct and without attempting to disguise unpleasantness

Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load

Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way

Characteristic of great power or forcefulness

Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

Exhausting all effort

Blunt and plain-spoken in one's manner of speaking or behavior

Depraved, perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense

To a blatantly great or extreme degree, typically in the negative sense

Having or showing passion in the pursuit of a goal

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Savagely violent

with a heart of stone

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

red in tooth and claw

knock-down-and-drag-out

every person for themselves

having a killer instinct

at each other's throats

intensely competitive

wintry^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unsavoury^UK

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

hellacious

rubbing the wrong way

terrorizing^US

unsavory^US

wintery^UK

terrorising^UK

environmentally unfriendly

gray^US

grey^UK

toughened by experience

with a hide like an elephant

as tough as old boots

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

cool, calm and collected

without a care in the world

not giving a toss

like a bull in a china shop

not giving a monkey's

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“The rebellion finally succeeded in overthrowing the corrupt and brutal dictatorship.”

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Having or showing the nature and appetites of an animal

“This brutal instinct continues to function in some individuals, who represent among us the vestiges of an ancestral condition.”

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Direct and without attempting to disguise unpleasantness

straight from the shoulder

not afraid to call a spade a spade

saying what one thinks

straight to the point

tactless

plain-speaking

point blank

speaking as one finds

laying it on the line

calling spade a spade

straight-from-the-shoulder

not beating around the bush

no beating around the bush

speaking straight from the shoulder

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“Some weblogs, with their lacerating, brutal honesty, transport you to the extremities of human experience.”

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Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

unfavorable^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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“Fitch wrote a devastating report on the brutal labor conditions in the steel industry at the time.”

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Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way

throwing one's weight about

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Characteristic of great power or forcefulness

knock-down-and-drag-out

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Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

sceptical^UK

calling a spade a spade

skeptical^US

straight from the shoulder

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

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Exhausting all effort

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Blunt and plain-spoken in one's manner of speaking or behavior

straight from the shoulder

to the point

calling a spade a spade

not beating about the bush

not mincing one's words

ill-humored^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

like a bear with a sore head

not afraid to call a spade a spade

speaking as one finds

having got out of bed on the wrong side

out of humor

hot under the collar

growling

as cross as two sticks

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Depraved, perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

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To a blatantly great or extreme degree, typically in the negative sense

unrivalled^UK

unrivaled^US

as plain as a pikestaff

as plain as day

noticeable

staring someone in the face

protrusive

crying

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

unequalled^UK

unequaled^US

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Having or showing passion in the pursuit of a goal

having killer instinct

intensely competitive

full of determination

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

not taking no for an answer

voracious

longing

brash

not backward in coming forward

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

focused^US

focussed^UK

nose to the grindstone

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

endeavoring^US

full of get-up-and-go

in the saddle

would-be

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