noun
Meaning 1
The state of being beastly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
beastliness
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noun
Meaning 2
Beastly behaviour
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nastiness
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being deliberately mean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meanness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: malevolence, malevolency, malice
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English beastly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English beastliness From beastly + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: bestialité — Translations
- Galician: bestialidade — Translations
- Ancient Greek: θηριότης (thēriótēs) — Translations
- Polish: bestialność — Translations
- Polish: bestialstwo — Translations
- Polish: bestializm — Translations
- Portuguese: bestialidade — Translations
- Spanish: bestialidad — Translations
- Ottoman Turkish: حیوانلق (hayvanlık) — Translations