beastly

beastly
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. bestial, brutish; hateful. See malevolence. Ant., noble, generous.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Bestial]
Syn. brutal, savage, cruel, coarse, swinish, repulsive, gluttonous, obscene, piggish, hoggish, irrational, prurient, boorish, carnal, brutish, depraved, abominable, loathsome, hateful, vile, low, degraded, sensual, foul, base, disgusting, inhuman, gross, unclean, vulgar.
Ant. refined*, sweet, nice.
2. [*Unpleasant]
Syn. nasty, disagreeable, odious, revolting; see offensive 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
savage, brutish, barbaric, heathen, wild, uncivilized, primitive, fiendish, monstrous, vile, boorish, feral, coarse, disagreeable, nasty.
ANT.: humane, civilized, cultured, refined

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beastly — c.1200, brutish, sensual, debased; late 14c., in the manner of a beast, from BEAST (Cf. beast) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). Weakened in British upper crust use to awfully, exceedingly by mid 19c. Beastly drunk is from 1803 …   Etymology dictionary

  • beastly — [adv1] savage; vulgar abominable, animal, barbarous, base, bestial, boorish, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, cruel, degraded, depraved, disgusting, feral, ferine, foul, gluttonous, gross, inhuman, irrational, loathsome, low, monstrous,… …   New thesaurus

  • beastly — [bēst′lē] adj. beastlier, beastliest 1. of, like, or characteristic of a beast; bestial, brutal, etc. 2. Informal disagreeable; unpleasant adv. beastlier, beastliest [Brit. Informal] very [beastly bad news] beastliness n …   English World dictionary

  • beastly — index brutal, disreputable, heinous, obnoxious, odious, repulsive, vicious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • beastly — bestial, *brutal, brute, brutish, feral Analogous words: abominable, detestable, *hateful: loathsome, repulsive, revolting, *offensive: disgusting, sickening, nauseating (see DISGUST) Contrasted words: agreeable, gratifying, grateful, *pleasant,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • beastly — Brit. informal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very unpleasant. ► ADVERB dated ▪ to an extreme and unpleasant degree. DERIVATIVES beastliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Beastly — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Beastly Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • beastly — [[t]bi͟ːstli[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant. [INFORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] The weather was beastly. Syn: horrible, horrid 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as beastly, you mean that… …   English dictionary

  • beastly — I. adjective (beastlier; est) Date: 13th century 1. bestial 1 2. abominable, disagreeable < beastly weather > • beastliness noun II. adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • beastly — beastliness, n. /beest lee/, adj., beastlier, beastliest, adv. adj. 1. of or like a beast; bestial. 2. Informal. nasty; unpleasant; disagreeable. adv. 3. Chiefly Brit. Informal. very; exceedingly: It s beastly cold out. 4. Brit. Informal.… …   Universalium

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