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   bestial

   /ˈbɛstɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. of or like an animal or animals: "Darwin's revelations about our bestial beginnings" Similar animalbeastlikeanimalisticrare:zoictheriomorphictheroid
   • ▪ savagely cruel and depraved: "bestial and barbaric acts" Similar savagebrutishbrutalbarbarousbarbariccruelviciousviolentinhumansubhumandepraveddegenerateunnaturalpervertedcorruptimmoralamoralwarpedvilegrosssordidcarnallustfullecherouslicentiouslasciviousgoatishlibidinouslubricioussalaciousprurientlewdcrudeOpposite civilizedhumane

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin bestialis, from Latin bestia ‘beast’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bestially adverb

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