What does beastly mean?
Definitions for beastly
ˈbist libeast·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
beastly, hellish, god-awfuladjective
very unpleasant
"hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutaladverb
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
beastlyadverb
in a beastly manner
"she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
Wiktionary
beastlyadjective
Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of a beast.
beastlyadjective
Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
beastlyadjective
Abominable
beastly weather
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beastlyadjective
Etymology: from beast.
Wouldst thou have thyself fall in the confusion of men, or remain a beast with beasts? —— Ay —— a beastly ambition. William Shakespeare.
You beastly knave, know you no reverence? King Lear.
With lewd, prophane, and beastly phrase,
To catch the world’s loose laughter or vain gaze. Ben Jonson.Vain idols,
It is commonly charged upon the gentleman of the army, that the beastly vice of drinking to excess, hath been lately, from their example, restored among us. Jonathan Swift.
Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Beastly
Beastly is a 2007 novel by Alex Flinn. It is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day New York City from the view of the beast. Flinn researched many versions of the Beauty and the Beast story to write her book. Many of these are playfully alluded to in portions of the book, particularly the chat room transcripts in which the character of Kyle talks to other teens who have been transformed into creatures.
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beastly
Beastly is an adjective that generally refers to being savagely cruel or depraved, resembling a wild animal's behavior or characteristics. It can also refer to something that is unpleasant, disagreeable or difficult to bear. In informal British usage, it is sometimes used to describe something that is very large or extreme. The term has its origins in the notion of attributing behavior or characteristics commonly associated with animals or "beasts."
Webster Dictionary
Beastlyadjective
pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast
Beastlyadjective
characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy
Beastlyadjective
abominable; as, beastly weather
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of beastly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of beastly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of beastly in a Sentence
Our politicians are suffering from two types of dishonesty -beastly dishonesty and intellectual dishonesty.
Civilization culminates in the power-press. It is the grand total of the difference between a boastful United Statian and a beastly Hottentot, —between Yankee Doodle and Timbucktoodle
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- بغيArabic
- скотски, животински, отвратителен, зверскиBulgarian
- bestial, animalCatalan, Valencian
- brùideilScottish Gaelic
- зверский, звериный, животныйRussian
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