'Bestial' definitions:

Definition of 'bestial'

From: WordNet
adjective
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, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]

Definition of 'Bestial'

From: GCIDE
  • Bestial \Bes"tial\, a. [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast.]
  • 1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts. [1913 Webster]
  • Among the bestial herds to range. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved; sensual; filthy. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bestial'

From: GCIDE
  • Bestial \Bes"tial\, n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]