beastly
Like wild animals
Beastly means resembling or characteristic of a beast—that is, brutal, savage, or lacking human refinement.
In British English especially, beastly serves as an informal intensifier meaning very unpleasant or disagreeable: The weather was absolutely beastly.
It can describe behavior that is cruel or unkind, or simply something thoroughly objectionable: What a beastly thing to say.
The word carries an old-fashioned, almost theatrical quality that makes it more expressive than merely saying bad or awful.
Extremely unpleasant or bad
- foulOffensive or illegal
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
loathsome · abhorrent · offensive · gross · nasty · putrid · rank · stinking
Wild after domestication
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- untamedNot domesticated
- primalFirst in origin
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
predatory · savage · brutish · ferocious · snarling · growling · rabid · undomesticated
Savagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- inhumanDevoid of mercy
barbaric · heartless · ruthless · pitiless · callous · sadistic · bloodthirsty · brutish
Extremely bad quality
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- horridExtremely unpleasant or bad
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
miserable · wretched · disagreeable · rotten · foul · nasty · atrocious · abysmal
To extreme degree
- awfullyExtremely, often informally
- frightfullyExtremely, alarmingly so
- dreadfullyExtremely, unpleasantly so
- horriblyIn a dreadful way
extremely · exceedingly · enormously · tremendously · fiendishly · devilishly · monstrously · uncommonly
vile
Extremely unpleasant or bad
nauseating · loathsome · abhorrent · offensive · gross · nasty · putrid · rank · stinking · fetid
feral
Wild after domestication
instinctual · predatory · savage · brutish · ferocious · snarling · growling · rabid · undomesticated · primitive
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
inhuman · barbaric · heartless · ruthless · pitiless · callous · sadistic · bloodthirsty · brutish · fiendish
awful
Extremely bad quality
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- horridExtremely unpleasant or bad
ghastly · miserable · wretched · disagreeable · rotten · foul · nasty · atrocious · abysmal · lousy
terribly
To extreme degree
- awfullyExtremely, often informally
- frightfullyExtremely, alarmingly so
- dreadfullyExtremely, unpleasantly so
horribly · extremely · exceedingly · enormously · tremendously · fiendishly · devilishly · monstrously · uncommonly · remarkably
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, birdlike, bovine
- attractivenessattractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty
- Posh Britishold boy, old chap, old bean, old sport, pip pip
- primal instinctsinstinct, primal, feral, savage, predator
- fiercebrutal, violent, savage, ferocious, fierce
- shapeshiftersshapeshifter, werewolf, shape-shifting, lycanthrope, skinwalker
beastlyhumane
Marked by kindness
kind · gentle · compassionate · tenderhearted · benevolent
- mythical beastsImaginary animals from lore
- Beauty and the BeastTale of transformative love
- beast of burdenAnimal used for hauling
- nature of the beastUnavoidable characteristic of something
- beast modeSlang for peak performance
- belly of the beastCenter of hostile territory