bestial
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tʃəl, ˈbis- adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
2.
without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman: bestial treatment of prisoners.
3.
beastlike in gratifying one's sensual desires; carnal; debased.
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| —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 | |
| 'bestially | |
| —adv | |
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Bestial
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Word Origin & History
bestial
late 14c., from O.Fr. bestial (13c.) "relating to animals, stupid, foolish, bestial," from L. bestialis "like a beast," from bestia (see beast). Sense of "below the dignity of a human" is from c.1400, and in many cases its use is unjust to the beasts.
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Example sentences
There's also no doubt that he and his successors often behaved as bestial murderers.
Her human form watches over several bestial figures, suggesting that human reason presides over primal instincts.
The soundtrack switches to repeated, insane, bestial screaming.
At night she was taken by the trader to his room to satisfy his bestial nature.
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