bestial

adjective

bes·tial ˈbes-chəl How to pronounce bestial (audio)

ˈbesh-,

ˈbēs-,

ˈbēsh-

: of or relating to beasts

grotesque combinations of human and bestial forms

: resembling a beast

a bestial shape

: lacking intelligence or reason

… the bestial man has no sense of right and wrong …

J. E. Hankins

: marked by base (see base entry 3 sense 1a) or inhuman instincts or desires : brutal

bestial violence

… a scene of bestial intoxication …

Herman Melville

bestialize

ˈbes-chə-ˌlīz How to pronounce bestial (audio)

ˈbesh-

ˈbēs-

ˈbēsh-

transitive verb

bestially

ˈbes-chə-lē How to pronounce bestial (audio)

ˈbesh-

ˈbēs-

ˈbēsh-

adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Frank himself could easily be a habitué of an old Max Fleischer cartoon—a cousin to Bimbo the Dog, perhaps—with his rubbery black limbs, white gloves and shoes, and cute, bestial, species-nonspecific features.

Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022 Some singers get up in front of audiences and attack sets with bestial ferocity before partying all night long, but that approach has an expiration date.

Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Our reduced olfactory apparatus was the detritus of a bestial and benighted past, and an allegory of our enlightenment.

Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 On the Foo Fighters’ second album, The Colour and the Shape, Grohl ended up rerecording songs with his own bestial drumming in place of Goldsmith’s, and suddenly tracks that hadn’t been working sounded like instant modern-rock classics.

Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021 The streaks provide proof of our mundane bestial reality—our hormones, our lunch, our particular whorls and spirals.

Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021 Such epiphanies, though bookended in Wright's novel between the bestial horrors of its first section and the abject bleakness of its third, are what give the novel its lasting glow.

Gene Seymour, CNN, 26 May 2021 Lincoln’s opponents tarred him with racist and bestial characterizations.

Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2020 Abolitionists claimed that the eloquence of slaves and Africans proved their equal humanity, but most Europeans had long taken for granted that black utterances were inherently inferior, even bestial.

Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020 See More

单词	bestialized
释义	bestial adjective bes·tial ˈbes-chəl ˈbesh-, ˈbēs-, ˈbēsh- 1 a : of or relating to beasts grotesque combinations of human and bestial forms b : resembling a beast a bestial shape 2 a : lacking intelligence or reason … the bestial man has no sense of right and wrong … J. E. Hankins b : marked by base (see base entry 3 sense 1a) or inhuman instincts or desires : brutal bestial violence … a scene of bestial intoxication … Herman Melville bestialize ˈbes-chə-ˌlīz ˈbesh- ˈbēs- ˈbēsh- transitive verb bestially ˈbes-chə-lē ˈbesh- ˈbēs- ˈbēsh- adverb Synonyms animalistic beastly brutal brute brutish feral ferine subhuman swinish See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Frank himself could easily be a habitué of an old Max Fleischer cartoon—a cousin to Bimbo the Dog, perhaps—with his rubbery black limbs, white gloves and shoes, and cute, bestial, species-nonspecific features. Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022 Some singers get up in front of audiences and attack sets with bestial ferocity before partying all night long, but that approach has an expiration date. Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Our reduced olfactory apparatus was the detritus of a bestial and benighted past, and an allegory of our enlightenment. Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 On the Foo Fighters’ second album, The Colour and the Shape, Grohl ended up rerecording songs with his own bestial drumming in place of Goldsmith’s, and suddenly tracks that hadn’t been working sounded like instant modern-rock classics. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021 The streaks provide proof of our mundane bestial reality—our hormones, our lunch, our particular whorls and spirals. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021 Such epiphanies, though bookended in Wright's novel between the bestial horrors of its first section and the abject bleakness of its third, are what give the novel its lasting glow. Gene Seymour, CNN, 26 May 2021 Lincoln’s opponents tarred him with racist and bestial characterizations. Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2020 Abolitionists claimed that the eloquence of slaves and Africans proved their equal humanity, but most Europeans had long taken for granted that black utterances were inherently inferior, even bestial. Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin bestialis, from bestia beast First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a bestialized verb past tense of bestialize as in humiliated to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being men who had been bestialized by war Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance humiliated brutalized dehumanized poisoned contaminated subverted degraded corrupted depraved polluted disgraced animalized perverted warped humbled debauched demeaned tainted abased prostituted profaned Antonyms & Near Antonyms improved honored dignified amended exalted restored purified respected cleansed elevated uplifted ennobled See More
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bestial

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