'Beastly' definitions:
Definition of 'beastly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
adjective
adjective
Definition of 'Beastly'
From: GCIDE
- Beastly \Beast"ly\ (b[=e]st"l[y^]), a.
- 1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. [1913 Webster]
- Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. [1913 Webster]
- The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beastly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- abrupt,
- Adamic,
- aggressive,
- animal,
- animalian,
- animalic,
- animalistic,
- anthropophagous,
- appalling,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- baneful,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- base,
- bearish,
- beastlike,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- bestial,
- blameworthy,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bodily,
- boorish,
- brash,
- brusque,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutelike,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- carnal,
- carnal-minded,
- cavalier,
- churlish,
- Circean,
- coarse,
- contemptible,
- crude,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- crusty,
- curt,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- dire,
- dirty,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- Draconian,
- dreadful,
- dumb,
- earthy,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- execrable,
- fallen,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferine,
- ferocious,
- fetid,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- fleshly,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- ghastly,
- grievous,
- grim,
- gross,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- hellish,
- hideous,
- hoggish,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- ignoble,
- infamous,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- intolerable,
- lamentable,
- lapsed,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- malodorous,
- material,
- materialistic,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- mindless,
- monstrous,
- murderous,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- nonrational,
- nonspiritual,
- notorious,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offensive,
- orgiastic,
- outrageous,
- physical,
- piggish,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- postlapsarian,
- rank,
- rebarbative,
- regrettable,
- repellent,
- reprehensible,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- rough,
- rude,
- ruthless,
- sad,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scurvy,
- severe,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- sharkish,
- sharp,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- short,
- sickening,
- slavering,
- snippy,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- stinking,
- subhuman,
- surly,
- swinish,
- Tartarean,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- tragic,
- truculent,
- unchristian,
- uncivil,
- uncivilized,
- unclean,
- uncultivated,
- unhuman,
- unpleasant,
- unrefined,
- unspeakable,
- unspiritual,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- woeful,
- wolfish,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- zoic,
- zooidal,
- zoologic