Synonyms of beastly

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adjective

ˈbēst-lē 

as in brute

having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brute
• brutal
• feral
• brutish
• animalistic
• savage
• bestial
• animal
• subhuman
• cruel
• swinish
• vicious
• physical
• ferine
• sensual
• corporeal
• coarse
• crass
• bodily
• rude
• barbaric
• fleshly
• barbarous
• sadistic
• carnal
• corporal
• uncouth
• vulgar
• heartless
• inhumane
• wanton
• gross
• uncultured
• crude
• unrefined
• uncultivated
• ill-bred
• lowbred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gallant
• sublime
• great
• noble
• lofty
• high
• lordly
• chivalrous
• magnanimous
• angelic
• elevated
• spiritual
• kind
• benevolent
• beneficent
• high-minded
• kindly
• genteel
• compassionate
• cultured
• polished
• greathearted
• kindhearted
• refined
• cultivated
• tenderhearted
• benignant
• good-hearted
• well-bred
• softhearted

beastly

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adverb

as in extremely

to a great degree

it's beastly hot today

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extremely
• very
• terribly
• incredibly
• damn
• damned
• too
• so
• highly
• really
• badly
• severely
• super
• jolly
• desperately
• seriously
• intensely
• most
• mighty
• that
• far
• such
• especially
• wildly
• much
• full
• real
• heavily
• particularly
• exceptionally
• fiercely
• greatly
• awfully
• wicked
• monstrous
• awful
• deadly
• way
• absolutely
• exceedingly
• supremely
• good and
• fantastically
• fabulously
• frightfully
• extra
• specially
• immensely
• roaring
• mortally
• totally
• uncommonly
• eminently
• sore
• achingly
• hugely
• utterly
• filthy
• dang
• surpassingly
• thumping
• vitally
• a lot
• completely
• rattling
• blisteringly
• almighty
• colossally
• remarkably
• thoroughly
• bone
• passing
• stinking
• positively
• archly
• enormously
• whacking
• cracking
• roaringly
• vastly
• sorely
• downright
• entirely
• majorly
• deeply
• mightily
• spanking
• ever
• corking
• unco
• wholly
• significantly
• as all get-out
• noticeably
• fully
• right
• flat-out
• radically
• visibly
• considerably
• purely
• obviously
• notably
• substantially
• profoundly
• palpably
• monstrously
• plainly
• altogether
• markedly
• discernibly
• monumentally
• extensively
• obscenely
• excessively
• astonishingly
• abundantly
• staggeringly
• plentifully
• amazingly
• appreciably
• overmuch
• astronomically
• grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somewhat
• little
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• scarcely
• hardly
• barely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beastly

Adjective

But Jere Cordell, of San Diego, swears the beastly carrier USS Nimitz won an impromptu drag race against slender cruisers a half-century ago off Norfolk, Va. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025

Which is a testament to her incredible ability and power as an actor to be taking on two of the most canonical, beastly parts for women in literature. — Tessa Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025

Adverb

Logan is super skilled, beastly strong. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026

In this tale as old as time, local bookworm Belle (Paige O'Hara) travels to a faraway castle where her father is being held captive by a prince–turned–beastly creature. — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026