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
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to a great degree
it's beastly hot today
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Recent Examples of beastly
Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Solar flares are ranked and categorized by their power on a 4-level classification scale, with M-class the second strongest to the beastly X-class at the top.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
For the surfers ready to take on the beautiful, beastly wave called Teahupo’o, riding inside the deep barrel could mean the thrill of their life – or a dangerous dance with disaster.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 26 May 2024
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Asking Eric: That letter was about me, the beastly wife
Asking Eric: That letter was about me, the beastly wife
Kurtenbach: The 49ers are battered beyond recognition.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Solar flares are ranked and categorized by their power on a 4-level classification scale, with M-class the second strongest to the beastly X-class at the top.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Adverb
Taylor Hill/FilmMagic—Getty Images Now 50 and a dad of four, Williams appears to view the only industry he’s ever known as both beautiful and beastly.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
For the surfers ready to take on the beautiful, beastly wave called Teahupo’o, riding inside the deep barrel could mean the thrill of their life – or a dangerous dance with disaster.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 26 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beastly
Adjective
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Plymouth’s two-door brute was built from 1964 to 1974, and within that decade, saw three generations.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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The events on the ground maintain the basic, brute pleasures of the initial premise.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 June 2025
Adverb
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The entire bet was on a big wing shot creator who was extremely young.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The extremely diverse group speaks nine different languages and a quarter of the recruits are women, a higher number than any previous class, agency officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Jasmin Paris, who in 2024 became one of only 20 people ever to finish the brutal 100-mile Barkley Marathons race in under 60 hours —while pumping breast milk.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The Yankees’ brutal offensive malaise stretched past a point anybody could have foreseen with a 1-0, 11-inning loss Monday night.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
Adverb
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Google has confirmed details of a very complex attack with a very simple warning attached.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Fans will get a chance to see Psycho Clown in a WWE environment very soon.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Dawn of the Dead (1978) There's a credible case to be made that Romero's 1973 movie The Crazies, about a biological weapon that causes residents of a small town to go feral, qualifies as a zombie movie.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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There are tribes of fast, feral predators that resemble the second coming of neanderthals.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
Adverb
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To the surprise of no one, something has gone terribly wrong.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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Then in April 2021, Granda’s plan to escape went terribly wrong.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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Both Marlins righties are incredibly talented and expected to be available at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Victor is incredibly easy to talk to, and on a wide array of subjects, so chatting about Olga soon led to talking about their own cat (Clyde) and this writer’s pair of tuxedos (Felix and Oscar) and their various adventures with in-house vermin (mostly bad).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Beastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beastly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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