beastly (redirected from beastlier)

beast·ly  (bstl)

adj. beast·li·er, beast·li·est

1. Of or resembling a beast; bestial.

2. Very disagreeable; unpleasant.

adv. Chiefly British

To an extreme degree; very.

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beastli·ness n.

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beastly [ˈbiːstlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. Informal unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty beastly weather

2. Obsolete of or like a beast; bestial

adv

Informal (intensifier) the weather is so beastly hot

beastliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	beastly - very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" god-awful, hellish unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
	2.	beastly - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" bestial, brute, brutish, brutal inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
Adv.	1.	beastly - in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"

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beastly

adjective

1. unpleasant, mean, terrible, awful, nasty, foul, rotten, horrid, disagreeable, irksome, shitty (taboo slang) The weather was beastly.
unpleasant good, fine, pleasant, agreeable

2. (Informal) cruel, mean, nasty, harsh, savage, brutal, coarse, monstrous, malicious, insensitive, sadistic, unfriendly, unsympathetic, uncaring, spiteful, thoughtless, brutish, barbarous, unfeeling, inconsiderate, bestial, uncharitable, unchristian, hardhearted He must be wondering why everyone is being so beastly to him.
cruel sensitive, humane

Translations

beastly [ˈbiːstlɪ]

A. ADJ (beastlier (compar) (beastliest (superl)))

1. (o.f.) (= horrid) → espantoso
that was a beastly thing to do → eso sí que fue cruel
you were beastly to me → te portaste muy mal conmigo
where's that beastly book? → ¿dónde está el maldito libro ese?

2. (archaic) (= animal) → bestial

B. ADV (Brit) (o.f.) it's beastly awkward → es terriblemente difícil
it's beastly cold → hace un frío de muerte

beastly [ˈbiːstli] adj (= horrible) → infect(e)
beast of burden n → bête f de somme

beastly (inf)

adj → scheußlich, garstig (inf); person, conduct also → gemein, eklig (inf); what beastly weather → so ein Hundewetter; it’s a beastly business → das ist eine üble Angelegenheit; what a beastly shame! (dated) → so ein Jammer!

adv (dated) → scheußlich; it’s beastly difficult → es ist verteufelt schwierig (inf)

beastly [ˈbiːstlɪ] adj (fam) (person, behaviour) → insopportabile; (food) → orrendo/a; (weather) → da cani

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beastly [ˈbiːstlɪ] adj (fam) (person, behaviour) → insopportabile; (food) → orrendo/a; (weather) → da cani