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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bestial
    adj 1: 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bestial \Bes"tial\, a. [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia
   beast. See Beast.]
   1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
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            Among the bestial herds to range.     --Milton.
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   2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity
      of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly;
      sensual. --Shak.
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   Syn: Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved;
        sensual; filthy.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bestial \Bes"tial\, n.
   A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds
   of bestial. [Scot.]
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Thesaurus Results for Bestial:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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