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- DictionaryBeast/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
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