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   beast

   /biːst/

   noun

   • 1. an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one: "a wild beast"
   • ▪ a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal: "mucking out and feeding the beasts is a big job" 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 possessing a specified 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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   What does a beast mean?

   • Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement. A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way.

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   What does Beast mean in a figurative way?

   • Beast is sometimes used in a figurative way to refer to a cruel and uncivilized nature of a person, as in Desperation brings out the beast in some people. Another figurative use of the word refers to a situation that is going to create trouble or be difficult to deal with, as in The comprehensive final exam is going to be a beast.

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   What is a beast in a sentence?

   • a person who is cruel and whose behaviour shows a lack of control synonym animal The beast in her wanted to destroy his house. (informal, often humorous) an unpleasant person or thing The maths exam was a real beast. (informal) a thing of a particular kind synonym animal His new guitar is a very expensive beast.

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   Is a dog a beast?

   • A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way. There are many types of beast in the world: dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, birds, and fish are all beasts. Even tiny critters like bugs are beasts.

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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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   Learn the definition of beast as an animal, especially a large or wild one, or as an unpleasant, annoying, or cruel person. Find out how to say beast in different languages and idioms.

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   A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way. There are many types of beast in the world: dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, birds, and fish are all beasts.

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   noun. any nonhuman animal, especially 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. Synonyms: barbarian, monster, ogre, savage, brute, pig, swine, cad. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant:

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   noun. 1. any animal other than a human, esp a large wild quadruped. 2. savage nature or characteristics. the beast in us all. 3. a brutal, uncivilized, or filthy person. verb. 4. (transitive) military slang, mainly British.

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   Learn the meaning of beast as an animal, a cruel person, or a thing of a particular kind. See pictures, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage notes for beast.