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Synonyms for beastly
ˈbist libeast·ly

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  1. beastlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    bestial

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  1. beastly

    A brutish man simply follows his animal instincts, without special inclination to do harm; the brutal have always a spirit of malice and cruelty. Brute has no special character, except as indicating what a brute might possess; much the same is true of animal, except that animal leans more to the side of sensuality, brute to that of force, as appears in the familiar phrase "brute force." Hunger is an animal appetite; a brute impulse suddenly prompts one to strike a blow in anger. Bestial, in modern usage, implies an intensified and degrading animalism. Any supremacy of the animal or brute instincts over the intellectual and spiritual in man is base and vile. Beastly refers largely to the outward and visible consequences of excess; as, beastly drunkenness. Compare ANIMAL.

    Synonyms:
    animal, base, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, ignorant, imbruted, insensible, lascivious, sensual, sottish, stolid, stupid, swinish, unintellectual, unspiritual, vile

    Antonyms:
    elevated, enlightened, exalted, grand, great, humane, intellectual, intelligent, noble, refined

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  1. beastly, hellish, god-awfuladjective

    very unpleasant

    "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"

    Synonyms:
    unholy, diabolical, demonic, brutish, infernal, bestial, fiendish, satanic, hellish, brute(a), god-awful, diabolic, brutal

    Antonyms:
    pleasant, humane

  2. beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutaladverb

    resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

    "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

    Antonyms:
    humane, pleasant

  3. beastlyadverb

    in a beastly manner

    "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"

    Antonyms:
    humane, pleasant

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  1. beastlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, irrational

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  1. beastlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    bestial, irrational, brutal, abominable, disagreeable, nasty

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  1. List of paraphrases for "beastly":

    monstrous, shamefully, horrible

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#988base
#1294animal
#4775stupid
#8709horrible
#9271brutal
#14475coarse
#14614ignorant
#16950sensual
#23477brute
#27379vile
#29204satanic
#30875monstrous
#33198demonic
#33382infernal
#34224unholy
#37394carnal
#47676diabolic
#53053diabolical
#54728bestial
#59683hellish
#70510beastly
#72930brutish
#77842fiendish
#82528lascivious
#90071shamefully
#102330insensible
#143096stolid
#301771unspiritual

How to use beastly in a sentence?

  1. Little Rock:

    Civilization culminates in the power-press. It is the grand total of the difference between a boastful United Statian and a beastly Hottentot, —between Yankee Doodle and Timbucktoodle

  2. Akinola Oladipupo:

    Our politicians are suffering from two types of dishonesty -beastly dishonesty and intellectual dishonesty.


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