beastly

¹beast·ly

adj \ˈbēst-lē\

beast·li·erbeast·li·est

Definition of BEASTLY

1

: bestial 1

2

: abominable, disagreeable <beastly weather>

— beast·li·ness noun

Examples of BEASTLY

1. <left to shift for himself on an isolated farm, he gradually sank into a beastly, purposeless existence>

First Known Use of BEASTLY

13th century

Related to BEASTLY

Synonyms: animalistic, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, feral, ferine, subhuman, swinish

Related Words: animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, sensual; barbaric, barbarous, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton; coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar

Near Antonyms: chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, noble, sublime; angelic (or angelical), spiritual; beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, tenderhearted; cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, well-bred

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Rhymes with BEASTLY

priestly