Definition of BESTIAL

bestial

Adjective Satellite

  • resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
    • "a bestial nature"
    • "bestial treatment of prisoners"

Adj

  • Beast-like

Noun

  • Cattle.

Adjective

  • Relating to or like a beast; savage and cruel.

Examples

  • His bestial strategy involved blocking every move but scoring few points himself.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast).

Scrabble Score: 9

bestial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bestial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bestial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

bestial: valid Words With Friends Word