bestial
pronunciation
How to pronounce bestial in British English:
UK [ˈbestiəl]
How to pronounce bestial in American English:
US [ˈbestʃəl]
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- Adjective:
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Word Origin
- bestial
- bestial: see beast
- bestial (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French bestial (13c.) "relating to animals, stupid, foolish, bestial" and directly from Latin bestialis "like a beast," from bestia (see beast). Sense of "below the dignity of a human" is from c. 1400, and in many cases its use is unjust to the beasts.
Example
- 1. It is at once primeval and protean , bestial and chimerical .
- 2. In these tales , love tames the bestial , raises a man beyond his animal nature , releases something of his higher aspirati and spiritual nature .
- 3. With his bestial fighting style reliant on his natural attributes and ritualistic purges of natural accretions , he has become an unconventional ally in the fight .
- 4. It 's this bestial heat .
- 5. You are a keeper of the hidden flame , able to tap into this wellspring of strength and bestial fury .