| 单词 | bestial |
| 释义 | bestial (once / 4464 pages) adj Bestial sounds like beast, and that is precisely what it means, beast-like. When a human acts like an animal, their behavior is called bestial. Bestial is often used to describe behavior that is primitive or uncivilized. If someone living on a desert island took to grunting and crawling on all fours searching for bugs in dirt, you could say she had descended to the bestial. WORD FAMILYbestial: bestialise, bestiality, bestialize, bestially+/bestialise: bestialised, bestialises/bestiality: bestialities/bestialize: bestialized USAGE EXAMPLESThe Descent works so well because it adds a creepy Darwinian overtone to the well-worn horror staple of the inbred, bestial backwoodsman. The Guardian(Oct 25, 2016) “Neon Bull” is a profound reflection on the intersection of the human and bestial. New York Times(Apr 07, 2016) What do you want, a bestial army that has lost its moral backbone?” The Guardian(Mar 29, 2016) adj resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility a bestial nature bestial treatment of prisoners Syn beastly, brutal, brute, brutish inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion |
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