Bestial

//ˈbɛs.ti.əl//

Synonyms for "bestial" (122 found)

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Translations

29 translations across 20 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • θηριώδης adj (beast-like)

Bengali

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  • পাশবিক adj (beast-like)
  • হায়ওয়ানী adj (beast-like)

Bulgarian

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  • животински adj (beast-like)
  • зверски adj (beast-like)

Danish

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  • bestialsk adj (beast-like)
  • dyrisk adj (beast-like)

Finnish

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  • eläimellinen adj (beast-like)
  • petomainen adj (beast-like)

Galician

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  • bestial adj (beast-like)

German

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  • tierisch adj (beast-like)

Italian

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  • belluino adj (beast-like)

Latin

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  • bēluus adj (beast-like)
  • bēluālis adj (beast-like)
  • bēluīnus adj (beast-like)

Latvian

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  • dzīvniecisks adj (beast-like)

Middle English

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  • bestial adj (beast-like)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • bestialsk adj (beast-like)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • bestialsk adj (beast-like)

Polish

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  • bestialny adj (beast-like)
  • bestialski adj (beast-like)

Portuguese

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  • bestial adj (beast-like)

Romanian

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  • animalic adj (beast-like)
  • bestial adj (beast-like)

Russian

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  • ско́тский adj (beast-like)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • brùideil adj (beast-like)

Spanish

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  • animalesco adj (beast-like)
  • bestial adj (beast-like)

Tatar

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  • вәхши adj (beast-like)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it.

Source: tatoeba (918777)

War is a disgusting relic of humanity's bestial past.

Source: tatoeba (10147380)

Such are the data that clearly show the bestial face of the colonialists, the essence of their "civilizing" activities in the colonies.

Source: tatoeba (10714995)

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.