Meaning of BESTIAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'beschul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" |
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| | Synonyms: | | beastly, brute(a), brutish, inhumane |
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| | Definition: | | Bestial
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Bes"tial\, a. [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.
A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds
of bestial. [Scot.]
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