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BRUTAL

Definition:

[adjective] (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"
Synonyms: cruel
[adjective] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
Synonyms: barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
[adjective] used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
Synonyms: cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind