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[ adjective ] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

Synonyms

brute brutish beastly

Examples

"beastly desires" "a bestial nature" "brute force" "a dull and brutish man" "bestial treatment of prisoners"

Used in print

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

And she begins to regard him as savage , bestial and unworthy .

Related terms

inhumane

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