 beastly |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] very unpleasant | |
| Synonyms: | hellish | |
| Examples: | "hellish weather" "stop that god-awful racket" |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in a beastly manner | |
| Examples: | "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law" |
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| 3. | [ adjective ] very unpleasant | |
| Synonyms: | hellish god-awful | |
| Examples: | "hellish weather" "stop that god-awful racket" |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | |
| Synonyms: | brute bestial brutish | |
| Examples: | "beastly desires" "a bestial nature" "brute force" "a dull and brutish man" "bestial treatment of prisoners" |
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| Related terms: | inhumane | |
| Similar spelling: |
bestially bestial |
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