beastlike
Like a creature
Beastlike describes something resembling a beast in appearance, behavior, or quality—suggesting the wild, brutish, or animalistic rather than the refined or human.
His beastlike roar echoed through the forest.
Years of isolation had given him a beastlike wariness.
The word emphasizes primal or savage characteristics.
Cruel and uncivilized
- savageFierce and untamed
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
ferocious · merciless · ruthless · monstrous · bloodthirsty · pitiless · heartless · remorseless
Having much fur
- shaggyLong, coarse, untidy
- hulkingMassive and unwieldy
- brutishCruel and uncivilized
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
crouching · hunched · fanged · clawed · snarling · matted · unkempt · muscular
Not domesticated or controlled
- untamedNot domesticated
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- animalisticResembling brute nature
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
carnivorous · ravenous · prowling · stalking · hunting · snarling · growling · fanged
Driven by natural impulse
- visceralArising from deep instinct
- carnalRelating to physical urges
- rawIn original state
- innateExisting since birth
elemental · unthinking · reflexive · primitive · atavistic · deep-seated · hardwired · intuitive
Not domesticated or controlled
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- unrestrainedNot held back
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
free-roaming · unmanageable · unruly · indocile · spirited · defiant · ungovernable · willful
brutish
Cruel and uncivilized
vicious · ferocious · merciless · ruthless · monstrous · bloodthirsty · pitiless · heartless · remorseless · truculent
hairy
Having much fur
lumbering · crouching · hunched · fanged · clawed · snarling · matted · unkempt · muscular · thick-skinned
wild
Not domesticated or controlled
- untamedNot domesticated
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- animalisticResembling brute nature
predatory · carnivorous · ravenous · prowling · stalking · hunting · snarling · growling · fanged · clawed
instinctual
Driven by natural impulse
innate · elemental · unthinking · reflexive · primitive · atavistic · deep-seated · hardwired · intuitive · unconscious
wild
Not domesticated or controlled
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- unrestrainedNot held back
uncontrolled · free-roaming · unmanageable · unruly · indocile · spirited · defiant · ungovernable · willful · headstrong