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[ beest-lee ] / ˈbist li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beastly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, beast·li·er, beast·li·est.of or like a beast; bestial. Informal. nasty; unpleasant; disagreeable. adverbChiefly British Informal. very; exceedingly: It's beastly cold out. British Informal. disagreeably; outrageously: beastly rude. Origin of beastly1175–1225; Middle English beasteliche, later be(e)stly.See beast, -ly SYNONYMS FOR beastly2 abominable, hateful, vile, foul, mean, disgusting. SEE SYNONYMS FOR beastly ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM beastlybeast·li·ness, nounWords nearby beastlyBeas, beast, beast epic, beastie, beastings, beastly, beast of burden, beast of prey, beat, beat a dead horse, beat all Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beastlyFumes filled the arena, engines revved, and the beastly vehicles made their way out on to the spotlight. The Moms of Monster Jam Drive Trucks, Buck Macho Culture|Eliza Krigman|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2010 Samaras gave TFLCar.com a tour of his beastly vehicle and the instruments he used to monitor storms. Tim Samaras, Storm Chaser Extraordinaire: See the Highlights (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast Video|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST And werewolves were about losing yourself to your “beastly side,” which must have been terrifying if you were a Victorian. Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction|Doug Stanton|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST This beastly Religion comes in with its scare of Hell fire and back 'e goes to the priests and 'is prayers and 'is penances. Mrs. Warren's Daughter|Sir Harry Johnston
Seems to me the sooner I get rid of the beastly thing the better. Tom, Dick and Harry|Talbot Baines Reed That fool Saxe Leinitzer will stroke his beastly moustache, and smile at me out of the corners of his eyes. The Yellow Crayon|E. Phillips Oppenheim I've had nothing whatsoever to do with the beastly affair, and you know it. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel|Mary E. Hanshew By the way, I have a compliment for you—no, not one of their beastly trade-lasts! The Man From Brodney's|George Barr McCutcheon
British Dictionary definitions for beastly
adjective -lier or -liestinformal unpleasant; disagreeable; nastybeastly weather obsolete of or like a beast; bestial adverbinformal (intensifier)the weather is so beastly hot Derived forms of beastlybeastliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beastlyabominable, animal, barbarous, base, bestial, boorish, brutal, brute, carnal, coarse, cruel, degraded, depraved, disgusting, feral, foul, gluttonous, gross, inhuman, irrational |