beastly : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beastly	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for beastly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beastly adv in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law" adj very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" Synonym(s): beastly, hellish, god-awful resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" Synonym(s): beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beastly \Beast"ly\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior. 2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift. 3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.] Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.