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as in brute
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
she's a real beast to anyone who makes the mistake of crossing her
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2
as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
he always has to act like a beast whenever things don't go his way
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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
a frigid night that was fit for neither man nor beast
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as in headache
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
controlling the state's vast bureaucracy has always been a beast
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Recent Examples of beast
Shaun tries fixing it with science experiments, but things go wrong when a wild beast appears in the woods.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
It is equipped with cameras and a standard blind-spot monitor that makes maneuvering the gargantuan beast much easier.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
So that’s just the nature of the beast of being with the New York Yankees, even though giving up control where maybe certain other markets that plays big time.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
This debut is a magical realist family saga of a daughter’s fraught reunion with her father, refracted with the history of 20th century China and the mythical beasts that stalk it.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beast
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For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.—
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As usual, Lang plays the brute’s Heart of Darkness–esque descent into madness with gleeful relish.—
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Johnson said that the animal caused extensive damage to his home, costing tens of thousands of dollars.—
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Deputies arrested Sargent on Thursday on two felony animal-cruelty counts and one misdemeanor count.—
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The illness tends to come on abruptly, with symptoms including fever, sore throat, headaches and fatigue.—
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Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea.—
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Sorkin finds no heroes but also no villains.—
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But what Ole Miss has had to deal with is beyond the norm, with Kiffin in the villain’s role.—
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Choose a crate that is a comfortable size for your dog.—
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The stretchy fabric allows for a full range of motion and remains in place through every downward dog and tree pose.—
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David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer.—
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Not to mention the titular bugs, a swarm of blood-invading creatures discovered by her new lover, the mysterious drifter Peter Evans (Namir Smallwood).—
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But again, as of late, Jalen has been doing a great job of making plays for us.—
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The TikTok guy will even teach you how to use the tools required for the job.—
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In it, Oldham costumes up as a shaggy woodland monster, which—after a more nimble inhabitant seemingly swaps into the outfit—proceeds to engage a human in an elaborate dance routine.—
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That mentality has fueled a monster debut season for Porter County Conference leader Kouts (12-3, 4-1).—
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“Beast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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