beastly

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adjective

beast·ly ˈbēst-lē How to pronounce beastly (audio)

beastlier; beastliest

: relating to, characteristic of, or resembling an animal : bestial sense 1

beastly strength

Their languages, with complex clicks, were once dismissed as a guttural farrago of beastly sounds.

Stephen Jay Gould

: characterized by cruelty, brutality, or crudeness

Yet this beastly little man was capable of exquisite humor and tenderness.

Edmund Morris

informal : extremely unpleasant, disagreeable, or undesirable

beastly weather

It took him ages to get the beastly stuff out of his eyes and eyebrows, and as for his beard, he had to cut most of it off.

J. R. R. Tolkien

At the beastly hour of 9:40 a.m. we trudged up to our nosebleed seats, wobbling like prizefighters in the final round, for the NFL preseason game between the Chargers and the Denver Broncos …

Gary Smith

: monstrously large or powerful

… the staging area was packed with an eclectic mix of vehicles, from humble hatchbacks to beastly trucks.

Lisa Rose

Workers with acetylene torches and a beastly contraption called the "dinosaur" are chewing quickly through the rusting old railroad tunnel …

Tim O'Neill

beastliness noun

Synonyms

Adjective

animalistic
bestial
brutal
brute
brutish
feral
ferine
subhuman
swinish

Adverb

achingly
almighty
archly
awful
awfully
badly
blisteringly
bone
colossally
corking
cracking
damn
damned
dang
deadly
desperately
eminently
enormously
especially
ever
exceedingly
exceeding
extra
extremely
fabulously
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
frightfully
full
greatly
heavily
highly
hugely
immensely
incredibly
intensely
jolly
majorly
mightily
mighty
monstrous [chiefly dialect]
mortally
most
much
particularly
passing
rattling
real
really
right
roaring
roaringly
seriously
severely
so
sore
sorely
spanking
specially
stinking
such
super
supremely
surpassingly
terribly
that
thumping
too
unco
uncommonly
vastly
very
vitally
way
whacking
wicked
wildly

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Example Sentences

Adjective left to shift for himself on an isolated farm, he gradually sank into a beastly, purposeless existence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

There’s no evidence that carnivorous plants acquired any of their beastly habits by hijacking genes from their animal victims, says Hedrich, although genes do sometimes pass from one type of organism to another.

Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022 Back here on Earth, an image of this beastly beauty is perhaps the most famous shots ever snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope in its almost 30 years of operation.

Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020 The Serengeti is one of the world's greatest lion lairs, with around 2,800 beastly kings marauding about the 5,700-square-mile park.

Allie Morris, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2020 There are some beastly devices out there that max out at 4TB or 5TB—that will be necessary for some, but those drives also necessitate higher prices.

Valentina Palladino And Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2020 Same with Thompson, who continues to increase his price with beastly performances and invaluable leadership.

Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2020 In this live-action re-imagining of the fairy tale, a young woman takes her father’s place as prisoner in a beast’s castle, only to fall in love with her beastly captor, who turns out to be a prince.

Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019 But Nadal’s triumph confirms his standing as one of the most beastly players in the history of men’s tennis.

Kevin Craft, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2019 Lion country The Serengeti is one of the world’s greatest lion lairs, with around 2,800 beastly kings marauding about the 5,700-square-mile park.

San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2019

Adverb

The capper on the drive was a beastly 64-yard touchdown run from junior Mason Tanoa.

Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 Hey, maybe one day the comedian will decide to part with his gorgeous 1959 Chevrolet Corvette or his beastly 1970 Dodge Charger.

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2021 The beastly engine is paired with a seven-speed sequential gearbox featuring straight-cut gears and multiplate carbon-fiber clutch.

Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022 From Epson’s industry-benchmark Home Cinema line, this is a beastly machine, designed for and optimally suited for the pickiest cinephiles out there.

Paul Schrodt, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 Sightings of a furry, upright biped and reports of beastly footprints have been reported from as far afield as the Himalayas.

Lauren Kent, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2022 The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022 The beastly mill is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission and can pump out up to 682 horses.

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 July 2022 How could a guy who was so beastly to women be so talented in picking artful movies?

Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 See More

单词	beastliness
释义	beastly 1 of 2 adjective beast·ly ˈbēst-lē beastlier; beastliest 1 a : relating to, characteristic of, or resembling an animal : bestial sense 1 beastly strength Their languages, with complex clicks, were once dismissed as a guttural farrago of beastly sounds. Stephen Jay Gould b : characterized by cruelty, brutality, or crudeness Yet this beastly little man was capable of exquisite humor and tenderness. Edmund Morris 2 informal : extremely unpleasant, disagreeable, or undesirable beastly weather It took him ages to get the beastly stuff out of his eyes and eyebrows, and as for his beard, he had to cut most of it off. J. R. R. Tolkien At the beastly hour of 9:40 a.m. we trudged up to our nosebleed seats, wobbling like prizefighters in the final round, for the NFL preseason game between the Chargers and the Denver Broncos … Gary Smith 3 : monstrously large or powerful … the staging area was packed with an eclectic mix of vehicles, from humble hatchbacks to beastly trucks. Lisa Rose Workers with acetylene torches and a beastly contraption called the "dinosaur" are chewing quickly through the rusting old railroad tunnel … Tim O'Neill beastliness noun beastly 2 of 2 adverb chiefly British, informal : to an extreme and usually unpleasant degree "It's no good pretending it isn't an awkward situation," continued Bob, "because it is. Beastly awkward." P. G. Wodehouse : in an unpleasant or beastly manner … an ideological predisposition to believe the Soviet Union will embrace comity if only Washington doesn't act beastly. Woody West Synonyms Adjective animalistic bestial brutal brute brutish feral ferine subhuman swinish Adverb achingly almighty archly awful awfully badly blisteringly bone colossally corking cracking damn damned dang deadly desperately eminently enormously especially ever exceedingly exceeding extra extremely fabulously fantastically far fiercely filthy frightfully full greatly heavily highly hugely immensely incredibly intensely jolly majorly mightily mighty monstrous [chiefly dialect] mortally most much particularly passing rattling real really right roaring roaringly seriously severely so sore sorely spanking specially stinking such super supremely surpassingly terribly that thumping too unco uncommonly vastly very vitally way whacking wicked wildly See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective left to shift for himself on an isolated farm, he gradually sank into a beastly, purposeless existence Recent Examples on the Web Adjective There’s no evidence that carnivorous plants acquired any of their beastly habits by hijacking genes from their animal victims, says Hedrich, although genes do sometimes pass from one type of organism to another. Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022 Back here on Earth, an image of this beastly beauty is perhaps the most famous shots ever snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope in its almost 30 years of operation. Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020 The Serengeti is one of the world's greatest lion lairs, with around 2,800 beastly kings marauding about the 5,700-square-mile park. Allie Morris, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2020 There are some beastly devices out there that max out at 4TB or 5TB—that will be necessary for some, but those drives also necessitate higher prices. Valentina Palladino And Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2020 Same with Thompson, who continues to increase his price with beastly performances and invaluable leadership. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2020 In this live-action re-imagining of the fairy tale, a young woman takes her father’s place as prisoner in a beast’s castle, only to fall in love with her beastly captor, who turns out to be a prince. Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019 But Nadal’s triumph confirms his standing as one of the most beastly players in the history of men’s tennis. Kevin Craft, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2019 Lion country The Serengeti is one of the world’s greatest lion lairs, with around 2,800 beastly kings marauding about the 5,700-square-mile park. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2019 Adverb The capper on the drive was a beastly 64-yard touchdown run from junior Mason Tanoa. Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 Hey, maybe one day the comedian will decide to part with his gorgeous 1959 Chevrolet Corvette or his beastly 1970 Dodge Charger. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2021 The beastly engine is paired with a seven-speed sequential gearbox featuring straight-cut gears and multiplate carbon-fiber clutch. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022 From Epson’s industry-benchmark Home Cinema line, this is a beastly machine, designed for and optimally suited for the pickiest cinephiles out there. Paul Schrodt, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 Sightings of a furry, upright biped and reports of beastly footprints have been reported from as far afield as the Himalayas. Lauren Kent, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2022 The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022 The beastly mill is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission and can pump out up to 682 horses. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 July 2022 How could a guy who was so beastly to women be so talented in picking artful movies? Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use Adjective 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb 1655, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition beastly adjective beast·ly ˈbēst-lē : very unpleasant : horrible beastly behavior beastliness noun as in brutality the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal a film depicting the sheer beastliness of life in a street gang Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance brutality cruelty animalism animality brutishness bestiality physicality sensuality carnality savagery barbarity boorishness sadism swinishness crudeness loutishness viciousness rudeness coarseness grossness wantonness Antonyms & Near Antonyms intellectuality spirituality magnanimity nobility kindliness tenderheartedness compassion benevolence kindness kindheartedness benignity beneficence high-mindedness good-heartedness greatheartedness See More
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beastly

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