Vocabulary
Bestial
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
of or like an animal or animals.
Urdu meaning
حیوانی، ناپاک،وحشت ناک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The bravery and steadfastness of the Palestinian people can only be commended, while their killers and tormentors have shown they are capable of truly bestial violence.
- He added that `they [Israel] are starting to lose` support due to bestial violence in the occupied territories, while observing that a future Palestinian state cannot be wished away by Israel.
- If anything, it is Israel that has displayed bestial behaviour by pursuing a scorched earth policy against the Palestinians.
- HE challenge is to ensure bestial tragedies are remembered.
Synonyms
animal, beastlike, animalistic, zoic, theriomorphic, theroid
Antonyms
civilized, humane
Curator example
“Darwin’s revelations about our bestial beginnings”
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