Hideous vs Beastly - What's the difference?
hideous | beastly |
Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
* 1719 ,
Hateful; shocking.
(UK) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast.
(UK) Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
(UK, dated) Abominable.
Like a beast; brutishly.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.8:
* 1901 , The Literary World - Volume 63 - Page 35:
As adjectives the difference between hideous and beastly
is that hideous is frightful; shocking; extremely ugly while beastly is pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.As an adverb beastly is
like a beast; brutishly.hideous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A piteous and hideous spectacle." .
- He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard.
- Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. -
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "hideous" is often applied: monster, creature, man, face, thing, crime, form, death, aspect, spectacle, picture, roar, sound, manner, way, disease, mistake, shape, dress, fact, act, smile.Synonyms
* frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, dreadful, terribleDerived terms
* hideosity * hideously * hideousnessbeastly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- beastly weather
Usage notes
Most often used pejoratively. is more narrow, though also often used pejoratively.Synonyms
* (like a beast) bestial, animalianAdverb
(en adverb)- Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill.
- They have insulted me most beastly . Moreover, they are, everyone of them, black-satan filthmen.