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English adjective: beastly

1. beastly very unpleasant


SamplesHellish weather.
Stop that god-awful racket.


Synonymsgod-awful, hellish


Similarunpleasant


Antonymspleasant

2. beastly resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility


SamplesBeastly desires.
A bestial nature.
Brute force.
A dull and brutish man.
Bestial treatment of prisoners.


Synonymsbestial, brutal, brute, brutish


Similarinhumane


Antonymshumane


English adverb: beastly

1. beastly in a beastly manner


SamplesShe behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law.









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