Meaning

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast..

Definitions by Sense

1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
2. Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
3. (UK, dated) Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous.
4. (slang) Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.
5. Like a beast; brutishly.
6. (dated, colloquial) Very much; terribly.

Example Sentences

beastly culture

beastly weather

Stop being so beastly to her!

And all the time, whenever we went to the Cedars, there was all sorts of silly fuss going on about the beastly wedding; boxes coming from London with hats and jackets in, and wedding presents—all glassy and silvery, or else brooches and chains—and clothes sent down from London to choose from.

“Yes, I’ve got the most beastly headache.”

"If you saw the care she takes over hoisting her beastly old carcass up and down those stairs, you could make a sure bet against her having another accident there."

A very big, very black, and very beastly Hummer H2, Spotted in China in in the rain the great city of Zigong in Sichuan Province.

In addition to a Core i7-860 with a full-sized heatsink and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, the company showed its SUGO SG07 housing today's most beastly graphics card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970, which is about 30cm long.

Word Forms

• beastlier
• more beastly
• beastliest
• most beastly

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