Propre aux animaux.
ETYM Cf. French animal.
Of the appetites and passions of the body; SYN. carnal, fleshly, sensual.
Of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals.
1. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; SYN. bestial, brute, brutish.
2. Very unpleasant; SYN. hellish.
ETYM French bestial, Latin bestialis, from bestia beast. Related to Beast.
1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.
Animal-like; base.
1. Bête.
2. (Au figuré) Brute.