beast

beast  (bst)

n.

1.

a. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.

b. New England & Southern U.S. A large domestic animal, especially a horse or bull.

2. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: "So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say" (William Dean Howells).

3. A brutal, contemptible person.

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[Middle English beste, from Old French, from Latin bstia.]

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beast [biːst]

n

1. any animal other than man, esp a large wild quadruped

2. savage nature or characteristics the beast in man

3. a brutal, uncivilized, or filthy person

[from Old French beste, from Latin bestia, of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beast - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement animal, animate being, creature, fauna, brute organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides" critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer" stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) adult - any mature animal young, offspring - any immature animal pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses giant - any creature of exceptional size survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores" insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
	2.	beast - a cruelly rapacious person brute, savage, wildcat, wolf aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks

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beast

noun

1. animal, creature, brute the threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts

2. brute, monster, savage, barbarian, fiend, swine, ogre, ghoul, sadist a sex beast who subjected two sisters to a terrifying ordeal

Quotations
"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,"
"Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" [W.B. Yeats The Second Coming]

Translations

beast [biːst] N

1. (= animal) → bestia f
beast of burden → bestia f de carga
the king of the beasts → el rey de los animales
the Beast (Rel) → la Bestia
the mark of the Beast (Rel) → la marca de la Bestia
see also wild D

2. (= person) → bestia mf
that beast of a policeman → aquel bestia de policía
what a beast he is! → ¡qué bruto or bestia es!
you beast! → ¡animal!

3. (= thing) it's a beast of a day → es un día horrible
it's a beast of a job → es un trabajo de chinos
a good thriller is a rare beast indeed → escasean las buenas novelas/películas de suspense
this is quite a different beast → esto ya es otra cosa

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beast [ˈbiːst] n

(= animal) → bête f

(= person) he's a beast → c'est une brute
He's a selfish little beast!
BUT Quel petit égoïste, celui-là!.

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beast

n

→ Tier nt

(inf: = person) → Biest nt, → Ekel nt; don’t be a beast! → sei nicht so eklig! (inf); that beast of a brother-in-law → dieser fiese Schwager (inf); this (problem) is a beast, it’s a beast (of a problem) → das (Problem) hats in sich (inf); a good thriller is a rare beast indeed → ein guter Krimi ist wirklich eine Seltenheit; TV films are a different beast (from movies) → Fernsehfilme sind etwas ganz anderes (als Kinofilme)

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beast [biːst] n (animal) (fam) (disagreeable person) → bestia, animale m; (cruel person) → bruto
beast of burden → bestia da soma
it's a beast of a job (fam) → è un lavoraccio

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beast [biːst]

1 a four-footed (especially large) animal beasts of the jungle. dier حَيَوان، وَحْش животно zvíře dyr das (wilde) Tier άγριο ζώο bestia loom حیوان؛ جانور چهارپا eläin bête (à quatre pattes) בְּהֵמָה जानवर zvijer ragadozó (madár) binatang dÿr, skepna bestia 獣 동물 žvėris zvērs; dzīvnieks binatang beest dyr, stort dyr; rovdyr zwierz fera ani­mal/pasăre de pradă животное zviera zver zver fyrfota djur, best สัตว์สี่เท้า hayvan (四足)獸 звір, тварина بڑا چوپایہ ، درندہ ، súc vật （四足）兽

2 a cruel, brutal person. dierlike persoon, monster إنْسانٌ كالوَحْش звяр bestie, surovec bæst; udyr die Bestie κτήνος (μτφ.) bestia, bruto, animal elajas انسان حیوان صفت julmuri brute חַיָה असभ्य व्यक्ति zvijer, divljak vadállat orang kejam skepna, kvikindi, óþokki bestia, animale 残酷な人 잔인한 사람 žvėris, gyvulys (par cilvēku) lops; zvērs ganas beest beist, dyr bestia bruto brută зверь; скотина surovec, beštia grobijan zver best, odjur คนเลวทราม hayvan, hayvanın teki 野蠻的人 тварюка وحشی ، ظالم انسان người hung bạo 野蛮的人

3 an unpleasant person Arthur is a beast for refusing to come! gemene persoon فَظ، جِلْف، قَذِر гад protiva bæst das Biest άνθρωπος δυσάρεστος και αντιπαθητικός descortés, rudo tõbras آدم مزخرف törppö brute חַיָה neugodan čovjek kellemetlen ember orang tak menyenangkan óþokki bestia, animale ひどい人 몹시 싫은 사람; 몹시 싫은 일[] gyvulys, galvijas, paršas tiepša teruk mispunt beist, jævel świntuch estúpido nesuferit; bestie упрямец potvora, ničomník neotesanec životinja fä, kräk คนที่ไม่เป็นที่น่าพอใจ kaba/iğrenç adam 令人討厭的人 бестія نا خوشگوار شخص người đáng ghét 令人讨厌的人

adj beastly

1 like a beast. dierlik وَحْشي، حَيَواني животински zvířecí; surový; potvorný grim; led brutal κτηνώδης bestial elajalik جانور خوی؛ وحشی eläimellinen bestial חַייָתִי वहशी zvjerski állati(as) seperti binatang skepnulegur bestiale 獣のような 짐승 같은 gyvuliškas lopisks; dzīvniecisks seperti binatang beestachtig bestialsk, dyrisk nieludzki animalesco bestial, ani­malic животный; скотский zverský poživinjen zverski djurisk, rå เยี่ยงสัตว์ hayvan gibi 野獸般的 тваринний, грубий درندے کی مانند hung bạo 野兽般的

2 disagreeable What a beastly thing to do! gemeen فَظ، غَليظ، قَذِر лошо hnusný, brutální grim; led gemein δυσάρεστος, άθλιος desagradable, maleducado, descortés vastik ناخوشایند؛ زننده inhottava dégoûtant אָיוֹם नापसंद neugodan brutális tidak menyenangkan kvikindislegur sgradevole, schifoso いやな 불쾌한 negražus, bjaurus pretīgs; riebīgs tidak setuju beestachtig motbydelig, infernalsk wstrętny desagradável dez­gustător отвратительный hnusný odvraten odvratno avskyvärd ไม่น่าพอใจ fecî, berbat 糟透的 жахливий, гидкий نفرت انگیز rất xấu 糟透的

n beastliness

gemeenheid فَظاظَه، وَحْشِيَّه лошотия zvířeckost; bestialita; sprostota væmmelighed die Brutalität κτηνωδία, αγριότητα bestialidad, brutalidad elajalikkus وحشی گری؛ ددمنشی eläimellisyys bestialité חַייָתִיוּת वहशीपन zvjerstvo brutalitás sifat seperti binatang kvikindisháttur bestialità けがらわしさ 야수성 gyvuliškumas, niekšybė lopiskums; cūcība keburukan beestachtigheid motbydelighet, bestialitet zezwierzęcenie, ohyda bruteza bestialitate скотство; отвратительность beštialita posurovelost zverstvo djuriskhet ความน่ารังเกียจ hayvanlık, iğrençlik 獸性 свинство, гидота درندگی ، وحشی پن sự tục tĩu 兽性