brutalness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]brutalness (uncountable)
- The state, quality, or condition of being brutal; brutality
- 2013, William Hope Hodgson, Men of the Deep Waters:
- "No," replied the Mate, and shook his head, thoughtfully. "The seas would make a clean breach over us, if we tried that. It's a case of 'run till you're blind, and pray till you bust'!" he concluded with a certain despondent brutalness.