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Maddened vs Brutal - What's the difference?

maddened | brutal | Related terms |

Maddened is a related term of brutal.


As a verb maddened

is (madden).

As an adjective brutal is

(senseid)savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel.

maddened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (madden)
  • Anagrams

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    madden

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make angry.
  • To make insane; to inflame with passion.
  • (obsolete) To become furious.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1855, title=Westward Ho!, author=Charles Kingsley citation
  • , passage=The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened , his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1870, title=Irish folk lore, author=John O'Hanlon, page=71 citation
  • , passage=And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"}}

    brutal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (senseid)Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel
  • Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
  • Harsh; unrelenting
  • Disagreeably precise or penetrating
  • (music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
  • Synonyms

    * barbaric * cold-blooded * savage * vicious

    Antonyms

    * gentle * kind