beastly
9
6.7
- adjective
- /ˈbiːstli/
- Informal
:
horrible
- It's beastly there for a white woman, with the climate, natives and all that.
- beastly weather
- beastly hot
- so beastly
Examples
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The service at that restaurant was simply beastly and ruined our evening.
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I wish he'd hung the beastly stuff up himself.
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The weather here is beastly.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nevertheless, we want no part of this beastly invention.
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Nice to have a break after all I've been through with that beastly bear.
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I think you're all being perfectly beastly to this nice young man.
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This beastly weather.
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It's so beastly unfair that we've had to be caught up in this tangle!
Fiction book (1993) -
And Baden-Baden was just too beastly, all those hotels and the people in them, the shops full of the most vulgar, awful things-
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Sure, Ubuntu may not be the fastest to boot up anymore, but after logging in, performance is beastly!
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Synonyms
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
171
5.1
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
28
6.1
Very unpleasant and painful, like being in hell
27
7.3
Very cruel and shocking, causing strong fear
26
7.5
So unpleasant you cannot stand it
16
8.4
Very bad and unpleasant
10
7.9
Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer
7
4.2
Very bad or unpleasant in a strong way
6
3.9
Unpleasant to do or feel and causing annoyance
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
In a violent, cruel way like a wild animal
In a rude, mean way that makes others uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
136
3.7
- Informal
9
6.7
- Offensive
457
1.8
215
1.0
20
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beastly comes from the simple word beast and the ending -ly, where beast means 'animal'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of something 'like an animal' that is rough or awful, which is why beastly can mean 'very unpleasant'.