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3 definitions found 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [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" [syn: {beastly}, {brute(a)}, {brutish}]
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