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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

   Scrabble Points: 7

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