Bestial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bestial	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Bestial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bestial 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" Synonym(s): beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestial \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestial \Bes"tial\, n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]