Beastly
Beastly adjective - Having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal.
Usage example: left to shift for himself on an isolated farm, he gradually sank into a beastly, purposeless existence
Subhuman and beastly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subhuman" instead an adjective "Beastly".
Nearby Words: beast, beastliness
Subhuman
Subhuman adjective - Having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal.
Usage example: years of grinding poverty that had reduced them to a subhuman existence
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Subhuman or Beastly. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beastly/subhuman.
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