beast·ly /ˈbistli/
(a.)如獸的,殘忍的,令人不愉快的
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.
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beastly
adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful
racket" [syn: hellish, god-awful]
2: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a
dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
[syn: bestial, brute(a), brutish]
adv : in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her
mother-in-law"
[also: beastliest, beastlier]