animalistic

/ ˈænɪməˌlɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling an animal or animals; brutish

Example Sentences

We hear another animalistic roar in the distance, but not as distant as it was last time.

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Mostly, he’s his own monster, neither the calculating serial murderer of the book nor Karloff’s reactive, animalistic killer, but a scapegoat who finally starts leveling his foes with bone-breaking efficiency.

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“The moment that this starts becoming chaotic — like animalistic — we’re gone,” he said.

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Despite their claims to be defending humankind from this imaginary animalistic incursion, Texas Republicans are being deeply anti-human with this "furry" bill.

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Sigmund Freud thought smell related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.

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