beastly
Adjective Satellite
- very unpleasant
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
- "beastly desires"
Adverb
- in a beastly manner
- "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
Adj
- Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
- Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
- Abominable; very unpleasant; hideous.
- Of computer hardware or motor vehicles etc.: ostentatiously powerful.
Adv
- Like a beast; brutishly.
Adjective
- Unpleasant, disagreeable, or cruel; like a beast.
Examples
- beastly culture
- beastly weather
- He was stuck with a beastly rack of five I’s and two V’s.
- Stop being so beastly to her!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English beestly, bestely, beastelich, equivalent to beast + -ly. Compare West Frisian bistachtich (“beastly”), Dutch beestachtig (“beastly”), German biestig (“beastly”).
Scrabble Score: 12
beastly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbeastly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
beastly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
beastly: valid Words With Friends Word