tierisch — meaning in English

English meaning

• animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
• bestial adj Savage, cruel, or animal-like in a shocking or brutal way.
• brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.

Senses

tierisch is used for these senses in English:

• animal Of or relating to animals.
• bestial (literally, _, and, _, figuratively) Beast-like
• brute Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]

animal — full definition

1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.

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