What is the meaning of beastly?

adjective

  • Very unpleasant.
    • usage: "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
  • Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
    • usage: "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

adverb

  • In a beastly manner.
    • usage: "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
12
 
|15 years ago|1k views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). beastly. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/beastly/definitions/1169076
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "beastly" http://smartdefine.org/beastly/definitions/1169076 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, beastly, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/beastly/definitions/1169076>.
MLAWordNet. "beastly" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/beastly/definitions/1169076>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)