beastly vs terrible

beastly

adj
  • Powerful, having a powerful appearance 

  • Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. 

  • Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings. 

adv
  • Like a beast; brutishly. 

terrible

adj
  • Formidable, powerful. 

  • Intense; extreme in degree or extent. 

  • Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome 

  • Unpleasant; disagreeable. 

  • Very bad; lousy. 

adv
  • In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully. 

How often have the words beastly and terrible occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )