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Bestial - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Bestial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bestial [ a.]
- Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
- Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.
2 . Bestial [ n.]
- A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial.

Meaning of 'Bestial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bestial [ s]
Meaning (1):
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Example in sentence:
  • a bestial nature;
  • a dull and brutish man;
  • beastly desires;
  • bestial treatment of prisoners;
  • brute force