BESTIAL

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


Etymology

Adjective

bestial (comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)

(literally and figuratively) Beast-like

Synonyms

• beastly

• animalian

Hypernyms

• faunal

Noun

bestial pl (plural only)

(Scotland, obsolete) Cattle.

Anagrams

• 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



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