Bestial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Beastly.
  • adj. Marked by brutality or depravity.
  • adj. Lacking in intelligence or reason; subhuman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Beast-like
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
  • adj. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.
  • n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Belonging to a beast or to the class of beasts; animal.
  • Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; carnal: as, a bestial appetite.
  • n. In Scots law, the cattle on a farm taken collectively.
  • n. A work on zoölogy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
  • Equivalent
    inhumane   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    faunal   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brutal    filthy    beastly    depraved    carnal    brutish    low    vile    sensual    irrational   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    celestial   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    inhuman    brutish    deprave    feral    murderous    hateful    impure    wanton    barbarous    bloodthirsty