[bes-chuh
l, bees-] 
| 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. |
| bes·tial (běs'chəl, bēs'-) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia, beast.] bes'tial·ly adv. |