Word of the Day 11.30.08
bestial
bes·tial (b
s
ch
l, b
s-)
adj.
1. Beastly.
2. Marked by brutality or depravity.
3. Lacking in intelligence or reason; subhuman.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin bsti
lis, from Latin bstia, beast.]
bestial·ly adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | bestial – resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; “beastly desires”; “a bestial nature”; “brute force”; “a dull and brutish man”; “bestial treatment of prisoners”
inhumane – lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; “humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world”; “biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used”
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