bestial

bes·tial

B0211500 (bĕs′chəl, bēs′-)adj.1. Of or resembling a beast: a bestial roar.2. Marked by brutality or depravity; brutal or depraved: capable of the most bestial acts imaginable.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia, beast.]

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bes′tial·ly adv.

bestial

(ˈbɛstɪəl) adj1. brutal or savage2. sexually depraved; carnal3. lacking in refinement; brutish4. of or relating to a beast[C14: from Late Latin bestiālis, from Latin bestia beast] ˈbestially adv

bes•tial

(ˈbɛs tʃəl, ˈbis-)

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast. 2. lacking reason or intelligence. 3. debased; inhuman. [1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Late Latin bēstiālis; see beast] bes′tial•ly, adv.

Bestial

 collective term for domestic animals, 1393; replaced by cattle in the 17th century.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

bestial - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"brute, brutish, beastly, brutalinhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"

bestial

adjective brutal, low, animal, gross, savage, beastly, primitive, degraded, sensual, vile, sordid, barbaric, inhuman, depraved, carnal, brutish, barbarous, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.), beastlike the bestial conditions into which the city has sunk

bestial

adjectiveShowing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint:barbarous, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish.

Translations

brutalbestialbelluinobestiale