beastly
Example Sentences
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I shouldn’t have been so beastly to her.
From Literature
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As a zombie, his utterances make him seem beastlier than ever to the other humans he encounters.
From Salon
Seven beastly shapes bounded over the fence and into the pasture.
From Literature
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John later confessed to being embarrassed by the lyrics’ brutishness, but there’s no denying the beastly honesty inherent in the boorish speaker’s wrath.
From Salon
"We have all the brilliant classic pantomime elements: a beastly baddie, a heroic heroine, amazing dance routines and side-splitting comedy," said Ms Wood.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.