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adj
Beast-like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, literally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: animalian, beastly, animalesque, animalish, animalistic, animal-like, bestial, brutish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: faunal
noun
Cattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: beastly, brute(a), brutish, brutal
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast).
From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestayle, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin bēstiālia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin bēstiālis.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
