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imbrute

im·brute
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [im-broot]
    • /ɪmˈbrut/
    • /ɪmbrˈuːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [im-broot]
    • /ɪmˈbrut/

Definitions of imbrute word

  • verb imbrute to reduce to a bestial state 0
  • verb transitive imbrute to make or become brutal 0
  • verb imbrute To make brutal. 0
  • verb imbrute To degrade to the state of a brute. 0
See all 4 definitions of imbrute

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Origin of imbrute

First appearance:

before 1625
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35; im-1 + brute1

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Parts of speech for Imbrute

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Imbrute

imbrute popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for imbrute

verb imbrute

  • brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
  • automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
  • automatize — to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic
  • barbarize — to make or become barbarous
  • robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.
All 7 Synonyms of imbrute

Antonyms for imbrute

verb imbrute

  • humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • brute — If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
All 3 Antonyms of imbrute

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