English adjective: beastly | |||
1. | beastly very unpleasant | ||
Samples | Hellish weather. Stop that god-awful racket. | ||
Synonyms | god-awful, hellish | ||
Similar | unpleasant | ||
Antonyms | pleasant | ||
2. | beastly resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | ||
Samples | Beastly desires. A bestial nature. Brute force. A dull and brutish man. Bestial treatment of prisoners. | ||
Synonyms | bestial, brutal, brute, brutish | ||
Similar | inhumane | ||
Antonyms | humane | ||
English adverb: beastly | |||
1. | beastly in a beastly manner | ||
Samples | She behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law. | ||