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.
Bes"tial, n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]
Bes*tial"i*ty (&?;), n. [F. bestialité.] 1. The state or quality of being bestial.