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   Beast

   /bēst/

   

   noun

   • 1. an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one: "a wild beast"
   • ▪ a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal. Similar animalcreaturebruteinformal:critter
   • ▪ an animal as opposed to a human: "the gift of reason differentiates humanity from the beasts"
   • ▪ an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person: "he is a filthy drunken beast" Similar monsterbrutesavagebarbariananimalswinepigogrefiendsadistdemondevil
   • ▪ an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing: "a scheming, manipulative little beast"
   • ▪ a person's brutish or untamed characteristics: "the beast in you is rearing its ugly head"
   • ▪ a thing or concept possessing a particular quality: "that much-maligned beast, the rave record"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French beste, based on Latin bestia.

   Derivatives

   • 1. beastlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   What does Beast mean?

   • Beast definition: any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal. See examples of BEAST used in a sentence.

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   What is a beast animal?

   • beast (bēst), n. any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four-footed mammal. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this? Bible the beast, the Antichrist.

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   What is a synonym for a beast?

   • Synonyms: creature, animal, critter, livestock, beast of burden, more... Collocations: [wooly, horned, hairy] beasts, a [cruel, filthy, dirty, sex] beast, slang: is a real beast of a [man, hamburger, lover], more... beast [for marine animals?]

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   BEAST meaning: 1. an animal, especially a large or wild one: 2. an annoying or cruel person: . Learn more.

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   The meaning of BEAST is a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate. How to use beast in a sentence.

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