āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
beastly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His beastly instincts kicked in during the brawl.
āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻļā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It 's a beastly day; cold, wet, and windy.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨; āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸āĨ¤
02
āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻĒāĻļā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻ
exceptionally large, powerful, or intimidating
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That engine has a beastly amount of torque.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
to an extreme or intense degree, often in a negative or unfavorable way
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The weather turned beastly cold overnight.
āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
used to describe something done in an unpleasant, mean, or offensive way
Dialect
British
BritishInformal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He behaved beastly toward his classmates all day.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
beastliness
beastly
beast
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
