Beastly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

very unpleasant

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾɚkˌɔːɹnɚd/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɑːɡjuːd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɑːɡjuːd/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾɚkˌɔːɹnɚd/.

Examples

hellish weather
stop that god-awful racket
beastly desires

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

brutish god-awful brute brutal bestial hellish

Parts of Speech

adjective	very unpleasant “hellish weather”
adjective	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility “beastly desires”
adverb	in a beastly manner “she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law”

Word Forms

beastliness	noun	unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
beast	noun	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
bestialize	verb	make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
bestiality	noun	the stupid brutal quality of a beast
brutalize	verb	make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

tierisch

sehr unangenehm

🇫🇷French

bestial

très désagréable

🇪🇸Spanish

bestial

muy desagradable

🇮🇹Italian

bestiale

molto spiacevole

🇳🇱Dutch

beestachtig

zeer onaangenaam

🇵🇹Portuguese

bestial

muito desagradável

🇷🇺Russian

зверский

очень неприятно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्रूरतापूर्ण

बहुत बुरा

🇧🇩Bengali

জানোয়ার

খুব অপ্রীতিকর

🇮🇳Tamil

மிருகத்தனமான

மிகவும் விரும்பத்தகாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రూరమైన

చాలా అసహ్యకరమైన

🇮🇳Marathi

पशू

खूप अप्रिय

🇮🇳Gujarati

જાનવર

ખૂબ જ અપ્રિય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೃಗವಾಗಿ

ಬಹಳ ಅಹಿತಕರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മൃഗീയമായി

വളരെ അസുഖകരമായ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦਰਿੰਦੇ

ਬਹੁਤ ਕੋਝਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

حیوانیت سے

بہت ناخوشگوار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

兽

非常不愉快

🇯🇵Japanese

野獣的な

非常に不快な

🇰🇷Korean

짐승 같은

매우 불쾌하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dã thú

rất khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างดุร้าย

ไม่พึงประสงค์มาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

jijik

sangat tidak menyenangkan

🇵🇭Filipino

mabangis

napaka hindi kasiya-siya

🇲🇾Malay

kebinatangan

sangat tidak menyenangkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

وحشي

غير سارة للغاية

🇮🇷Persian

حیوانی

بسیار ناخوشایند

🇹🇷Turkish

canavarca

çok tatsız

🇮🇱Hebrew

בַּהֲמִי

מאוד לא נעים

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