Definitions for: Beastly


[adv] in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
[adj] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
[adj] very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"



Webster (1913) Definition: Beast"ly, a.
1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a
beast.

Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior.

2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the
nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.

The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift.

3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.]

Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.

Synonyms: bestial, brute(a), brutish, god-awful, hellish, inhumane, unpleasant

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