beastly

Meaning

Adj

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. Abominable; very unpleasant.
4. (slang) Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.

Adv

Like a beast; brutishly.

Synonyms

brutal

bestial

brutish

awful

mean

rotten

miserable

frightful

nasty

brute

wretched

cruel

animalistic

foul

unblessed

catty

god-awful

savage

villainous

wicked

cattish

wild

horrid

hideous

beggarly

sordid

hellish

odious

bad

👎

horrible

horrific

hurtful

ignorant

ill-natured

indecent

loath

loathsome

lousy

malevolently

maliciously

malign

malignly

monstrous

morbid

nastily

naughty

nauseous

noisome

obnoxious

obscene

ornery

piggish

pitiful

poisonous

poor

putrid

repellent

repugnant

repulsive

revolting

rude

ruffian

shabbily

shabby

spitefully

squalid

stupid

terrible

ugly

unblest

unenviable

unkind

unkindly

unsympathetic

untamed

venomous

venomously

vicious

vile

wickedly

worthless

mangey

venomed

meanspirited

bounderish

abhorrent

meanspiritedly

abject

abominable

animal

🐾

atrocious

barbaric

bastardly

bitchy

bloody

🩸

caitiff

cantankerous

chintzy

cross-grained

despiteful

detestable

dire

dirty

disgusting

distasteful

dreadful

earthy

evil-minded

execrable

feral

forlorn

ghastly

grotty

heinous

horrendous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbiːstli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: beestly

In summary

From Middle English beestly, bestely, beastelich, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).