Word familynounbeasthoodbeastiebeastlinessbeast of burdenbeastadverbbeastilyadjectivebeastlikebeastly
beast·ly /ˈbiːstli/adjectiveadjBritish EnglishBrE
UNPLEASANTvery unpleasant 令人不快的,讨厌的;恶劣的SYN nasty
beastly weather
恶劣的天气
—beastlyadverbadv
—beastliness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
beastly• The fact remains that it was beastly.• It had been a beastly day and Caroline had been so silly at supper.• If you want a beastly dull wedding party, don't bring Lulu.• His beastly gloating hands touching me.• I had beastly rows with Flora.• But it was beastly, their violence and our fear of violence.• beastly weather