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BEASTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: beastlier    , beastliest   

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

Example:

bestial treatment of prisoners

Synonyms:

beastly; bestial; brutal; brute; brutish

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)

Derivation:

beast (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

beastliness (the quality of being deliberately mean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(informal) very unpleasant

Example:

stop that god-awful racket

Synonyms:

beastly; god-awful; hellish

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unpleasant (offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

beastliness (unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather)

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a beastly manner

Example:

she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

beastly (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility)

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