Definition of Beastly

1. Adjective. Very unpleasant. "Stop that god-awful racket"

Exact synonyms: God-awful, Hellish
Similar to: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Beastliness

2. Adverb. In a beastly manner. "She behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"

3. Adjective. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. "Bestial treatment of prisoners"
Exact synonyms: Bestial, Brutal, Brute, Brutish
Similar to: Inhumane
Derivative terms: Beast, Beastliness, Beast, Bestiality, Bestialize, Brutalize, Brutalize

Definition of Beastly

1. a. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.

Definition of Beastly

1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of a beast. ¹

2. Adjective. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. ¹

3. Adjective. Abominable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beastly

1. resembling a beast [adj -LIER, -LIEST] - See also: beast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beastly

beastiality
beastie
beasties
beastily
beasting
beastings
beastish
beastishness
beastlier
beastliest
beastlihead
beastlihood
beastlike
beastliness
beastlinesses
beastly (current term)
beastlyhead
beastmaster
beastmasters
beasts
beasts of burden
beasts of prey
beasty
beat(p)
beat-to-beat variability
beat-up
beat-ups
beat 'em up
beat 'em ups

Literary usage of Beastly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecce Mundus: Industrial Ideals and the Book Beautifulby Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson (1902)
"He said it was in brief "a beastly life." The conduct of the men was ... Ten hours were spent in this beastly life daily, for five days in the week, ..."

2. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"... had it exactly that which it now possesses; in it was rather implied the absence of reason, the prerogative distinguishing man from beast. beastly ..."

3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Line life is indeed beastly and one learns to appreciate glass, crockery and a table cloth. Old Bancroft was there and, as usual, I thought [him] a bore. ..."

4. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"A. Thou hast justified her to be good, and thou canst not say, that that which was good called that which was good beastly or bad, that went naked, ..."

5. My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 by Sir William Howard Russell (1860)
"It is a savage, beastly, and degrading custom. » I have heard it defended; but no man of feeling, education, or goodness of heart can vindicate or practise ..."

6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... beastly men as too many are ; what still the same, to be tied l to one, be she never so fair, never so virtuous, is a thing they may not endure, ..."

7. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"not that satisfaction to these carnal men, beastly men as too many are ; what still the same, to be tied 1 to one, be she never so fair, never so virtuous, ..."

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