- To represent or portray as an animal or beast.
- To reduce to a bestial condition; deprave.
bestialize
Dictionary:
bes·tial·ize (bĕs'chə-līz', bēs'-)  |
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
| Thesaurus: bestialize |
verb
- To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean/dirty, help/harm/harmless.
| WordNet: bestialize |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
Synonym: bestialise
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