bestial

(bĕs'chəl, bēs'-)
adj.

1. Beastly.
2. Marked by brutality or depravity.
3. Lacking in intelligence or reason; subhuman.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia, beast.]

bestially bes'tial·ly adv.

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adjective

Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See kind/cruel.

adj

Definition: savage
Antonyms: civilized, humane

See words rhyming with "bestial."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bestialsk, dyrisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
beestachtig

Français (French)
adj. - (lit, fig) bestial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bestialisch, brutal, tierisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ζωώδης, κτηνώδης

Italiano (Italian)
bestiale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bestial, brutal

Русский (Russian)
звериный, зверский, скотский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bestial, bruto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - djurisk, bestialisk, rå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
似野兽的, 卑劣的, 残忍的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 似野獸的, 卑劣的, 殘忍的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 짐승의, 무지한, 짐승 같은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 野獣のような, 残酷な, 獣的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وحشي, بهيمي, فاحش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חייתי, אכזרי‬

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