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Definition of bestial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bestial

adjective
 
/ˈbestiəl/
 
/ˈbestʃəl/
(formal)
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  1. cruel and horrible; of or like a beast
    • bestial acts/cruelty/noises
    • He referred to their actions as ‘these bestial and barbaric acts’.
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin bestialis, from Latin bestia ‘beast’.
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