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bestial [ˈbɛstɪəl] adj 1. brutal or savage 2. sexually depraved; carnal 3. lacking in refinement; brutish 4. of or relating to a beast [from Late Latin bestiālis, from Latin bestia beast] bestially adv Bestial collective term for domestic animals, 1393; replaced by cattle in the 17th century. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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There was something horrible and bestial in the fleeting glance they threw at the riders and in the malevolent expression with which, after a glance at Kutuzov, the soldier with the sores immediately turned away and went on with what he was doing. He went down beneath that avalanche of bestial savagery still working his gun and with his face toward his antagonist. Others of the grinning and chattering monkey-men, all as stark of clothes and bestial of appearance as Balatta, had wanted his body for the roasting oven. |
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