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beastly

beastly

11 6.5
Cruel and showing no care for other people like an animal
  • adjective
  • /ˈbiːstli/
: bestial
  • A beastly creature.
  • beastly creature
  • beastly people
  • beastly man

You chose a wandering outcast, beastly, and that's an important term, beastly, animalistic life.

Examples

Synonyms

brutal
vsbeastly
  • NSFW
230 4.8

Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering

leans more toward coarse lack of human feeling than planned violence
savage
vsbeastly
  • NSFW
92 4.5

Very fierce and violent and often cruel

highlights coarse human callousness rather than only wild violent action
ferocious
vsbeastly
60 5.5

Very strong and violent in a way that hurts or scares

is about crude human insensitivity rather than pure physical ferocity
brute
vsbeastly
  • Offensive
46 6.0

Using physical force without thought or care

is more about coarse cruelty and rough manners than only lack of reason
monstrous
vsbeastly
27 7.3

Very cruel and shocking, causing strong fear

focuses more on coarse lack of sensibility than on shocking evil
brutish
vsbeastly
  • Offensive
13 7.2

Cruel and violent, showing no kindness

is broader, covering coarse cruelty as well as simple insensitivity
fiendish
vsbeastly
10 7.9

Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer

tends to mean rough, coarse cruelty rather than clever wickedness
bestial
vsbeastly
6 8.5

Very cruel and violent like an angry wild animal

is the general label for coarse, inhuman qualities rather than formal cruelty
wolflike
vsbeastly
1 6.8

Like a wolf in look or behaviour

refers instead to coarse human insensitivity rather than specific predatory traits
tigerish
vsbeastly
1 8.4

Acts in a fierce, cruel way that scares other people

is broader, covering general coarse cruelty not only predator fierceness
animalian
vsbeastly
  • Archaic
1 7.6

Acts like an animal because of strong instinct or violent behavior

focuses instead on coarse human cruelty and lack of sensibility

Antonyms

99 3.4

Showing kindness and care to people or animals to avoid suffering

66 4.4

Polite with good manners and refined taste

How Brutal

inhuman
34 6.0
bestial
6 8.5
beastly
11 6.5
brutish
  • Offensive
13 7.2

Surface Forms

beastly positive

Morphology

beastly = beast (transparent) = beast + ly

This sense means 'like a beast' and is a direct adjectival formation from 'beast' + -ly, so the relation is clear to learners.

Etymology

Beastly comes from beast, which means 'animal', so it once meant 'like an animal' and was used for people who acted cruel or rough. That's why beastly can describe someone who is 'cruel' or without human feeling.