bestial

/ˈbes-chəl/

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin bestialis, from bestia beast

adjective

  1. of or relating to beasts

  2. resembling a beast

  3. lacking intelligence or reason

grotesque combinations of human and bestial forms

a bestial shape

brutal brutish bestial feral mean characteristic of an animal in nature, action, or instinct. brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity. brutish stresses likeness to an animal in low intelligence, in base appetites, and in behavior based on instinct.