beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, brutal
(adjective) resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; “beastly desires”; “a bestial nature”; “brute force”; “a dull and brutish man”; “bestial treatment of prisoners”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bestial (comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)
(literally and figuratively) Beast-like
• beastly
• animalian
• faunal
bestial pl (plural only)
(Scotland, obsolete) Cattle.
• Stabile, ableist, albites, astilbe, bastile, libates, stabile
Source: Wiktionary
Bes"tial, a. Etym: [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast.]
1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts. Among the bestial herds to range. Milton.
2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. Shak.
Syn.
– Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved; sensual; filthy.
Bes"tial, n.
Definition: A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
