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Webster 1913 Edition

Bestial

Bes′tial

,
Adj.
[F.
bestial
, L.
bestialis
, fr.
bestia
beast. See
Beast
.]
1.
Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
Among the
bestial
herds to range.
Milton.
2.
Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.
Shak.
Syn. – Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved; sensual; filthy.

Bes′tial

,
Noun.
A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle;
as, other kinds of
bestial
.
[Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bestial

BES'TIAL

,
Adj.
[from beast.]
1.
Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
2.
Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; carnal; as a bestial appetite.

Definition 2024

bestial

bestial

English

Adjective

bestial ‎(comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)

  1. (literally and figuratively) Beast-like
    • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene 3,
      Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
    • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 753-4,
      By thee adulterous lust was driven from men /
      Among the bestial herds to range […]
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,
      This familiar that I called out of my own soul, and sent forth alone to do his good pleasure, was a being inherently malign and villainous; his every act and thought centered on self; drinking pleasure with bestial avidity from any degree of torture to another; relentless like a man of stone.

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

bestial m ‎(feminine singular bestiale, masculine plural bestiaux, feminine plural bestiales)

  1. bestial

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Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1190, borrowing from Latin bēstiālis.

Adjective

bestial m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular bestiale)

  1. bestial (of or relating to a beast)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin bēstiālis, from bēstia ‎(“beast”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨʃˈtjaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: bes‧ti‧al

Adjective

bestial m, f ‎(plural bestiais, comparable)

  1. bestial; brutish
  2. beastly

Romanian

Etymology

From French bestial, from Latin bēstiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bes.tiˈal]

Adjective

bestial m, n ‎(feminine singular bestială, masculine plural bestiali, feminine and neuter plural bestiale)

  1. bestial, animal
  2. (informal) cool

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Usage notes

As indicated by the informal meaning of "cool", this word does not have the same negative connotations as in English.

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Spanish

Adjective

bestial m, f ‎(plural bestiales)

  1. beastly
  2. massive, huge, giant
  3. tremendous, fantastic, awesome

Etymology

Old French bestial, from Latin bēstiālis, from bēstia ‎(“beast”) (whence English beast).

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