bestial[adjective]Synonyms: brutal, barbaric, beastly, brutish, inhuman, savage, sordid
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
bes‧ti‧al /ˈbesti
əl $ ˈbestʃ
əl/
adjective literary[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: Latin bestialis, from bestia 'beast']
behaving like an animal, especially in a cruel way:
bestial and barbaric acts—bestially adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲