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beastly
adjective
1 British, informal I think politics is a beastly profession:
awful, horrible, rotten, nasty, foul, objectionable, unpleasant, disagreeable, offensive, vile, hateful, detestable, loathsome, abominable;
informal terrible, shocking, godawful, yucky;
vulgar slang shitty.
antonyms pleasant.
2 British, informal Karl had been absolutely beastly to her:
unkind, malicious, mean, nasty, unpleasant, unfriendly, uncharitable, unfair, spiteful, callous, cruel, vicious, base, low, foul, malevolent, despicable, contemptible, obnoxious;
informal horrible, horrid, hateful, rotten, low-down;
British, informal bitchy, catty.
antonyms kind.
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