Bes"tial (?), a. [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast.]
1.
Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.
Among the bestial herds to range.
Milton.
2.
Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.
Shak.
Syn. -- Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved; sensual; filthy.
© Webster 1913.
Bes"tial, n.
A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial.
[Scot.]
© Webster 1913.