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bes·tial

(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.

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

bes′tial·ly adv.

bestial

(ˈbɛstɪəl)

adj

1. brutal or savage

2. sexually depraved; carnal

3. lacking in refinement; brutish

4. 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.

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Adj.

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, brutal

inhumane - 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"