theroid

theroid
theroid [thir′oid΄]
adj.
Gr thēr, a wild beast (see FIERCE) + -OID
suggestive of an animal; beastlike

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  • beastly — adj 1. theroid, bestial, beastlike, animalic, animalian, therimorphic. 2. primitive, wild, barbaric, barbarian, barbarous, heathen; savage, fierce, brutal, inhuman; rough, rugged, coarse, bearish, brutish, boorish, churlish, loutish, oafish;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • bestial — adj 1. theroid, animalic, animalian, beastly, beastlike, therimorphic. 2. primitive, wild, barbaric, barbarian, barbarous, heathen; savage, fierce, brutal, inhuman; rough, rugged, coarse, bearish, brutish; boorish, churlish, loutish, oafish;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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