Bestial
adjective
Relating to or similar to an animal, especially in a very cruel, violent, or unpleasant way.
His behavior was bestial and ferocious.
Often appears as...
- bestial instincts
- bestial behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking human qualities of gentleness and reason; marked by inhumanity.
He displayed a bestial nature out of control.
Often appears as...
- bestial conduct
- bestial appetite
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Driven by physical rather than rational forces; giving free rein to one's desires.
His bestial indulgences were well known in the town.
Often appears as...
- bestial desires
- bestial passions
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to or similar to an animal, especially in a very cruel, violent, or unpleasant way.
His behavior was bestial and ferocious.
Often appears as...
- bestial instincts
- bestial behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking human qualities of gentleness and reason; marked by inhumanity.
He displayed a bestial nature out of control.
Often appears as...
- bestial conduct
- bestial appetite
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Driven by physical rather than rational forces; giving free rein to one's desires.
His bestial indulgences were well known in the town.
Often appears as...
- bestial desires
- bestial passions
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Tone
Bestial conveys a strong negative judgement and is often used to criticize barbaric actions.
The dictator's bestial treatment of prisoners shocked the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Usage
While 'bestial' relates to animals, it's typically used metaphorically to describe human behavior.
The crowd's bestial roar was deafening.
Pro Tip 3/3Evokes Disgust
Use 'bestial' to evoke disgust or repulsion in relation to actions, highlighting their cruelty.
They were appalled by the bestial conditions in the factory.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Tone
Bestial conveys a strong negative judgement and is often used to criticize barbaric actions.
The dictator's bestial treatment of prisoners shocked the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Usage
While 'bestial' relates to animals, it's typically used metaphorically to describe human behavior.
The crowd's bestial roar was deafening.
Pro Tip 3/3Evokes Disgust
Use 'bestial' to evoke disgust or repulsion in relation to actions, highlighting their cruelty.
They were appalled by the bestial conditions in the factory.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Tone
Bestial conveys a strong negative judgement and is often used to criticize barbaric actions.
The dictator's bestial treatment of prisoners shocked the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Usage
While 'bestial' relates to animals, it's typically used metaphorically to describe human behavior.
The crowd's bestial roar was deafening.
Pro Tip 3/3Evokes Disgust
Use 'bestial' to evoke disgust or repulsion in relation to actions, highlighting their cruelty.
They were appalled by the bestial conditions in the factory.
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Quote examples
Robert Trout
American Journalist
From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.
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Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
As the science of every thing is in the formed Word, so also is God's will therein: That same expressed Word is in the angels, angelical; in the devils, diabolical; in man, human; in beasts, bestial.
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympathize with it, but rather to the burgeoning life around us, which is strengthened by the negative.
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Eldridge Cleaver
American Activist
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
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Amanda Shires
American Musician
When you name a beast, sometimes it makes it less bestial.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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Robert Trout
American Journalist
From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.
Quote examples
Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
As the science of every thing is in the formed Word, so also is God's will therein: That same expressed Word is in the angels, angelical; in the devils, diabolical; in man, human; in beasts, bestial.
Quote examples
Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympathize with it, but rather to the burgeoning life around us, which is strengthened by the negative.
Quote examples
Eldridge Cleaver
American Activist
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
Quote examples
Amanda Shires
American Musician
When you name a beast, sometimes it makes it less bestial.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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