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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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Antonyms


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But Dubois is a beast and will learn really well, I was impressed in that fight he learned while being hurt which is difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

With 19 policymakers, it is difficult to make progress given diverse individual perspectives, strongly held views and the challenge of reforming such a complicated beast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Whether the man or the beast is more isolated and miserable may be debated, but the gorilla, we assume, hasn’t had to face the harsh truth of his insignificance in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

But as he set the saucer down —with the dragonlet still clinging to the edge —Jeremy again found himself entranced by the strange beauty of the little beast.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

There are green-skinned beasts and monosyllabic men with impossibly tall blond hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

As the Corps of Discovery worked its way up the Missouri River, past herds that stretched to the horizon, they knew the shaggy brown beasts by the term Americans have used ever since: buffalo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Industry big beasts Christian Dior and Saint Laurent will send their models out on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their work is a cultural bridge much like Ashitaka’s effort to bring the worlds of beasts and men together for a common cause, depicting what Miyazaki sees as one of humanism’s central conundrums.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Often, the beasts that lashed out the worst were also the ones hurting the worst.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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