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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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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
Kendrick Lamar might have woken up the beast with the name drops on his surprise album GNX.
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 25 Nov. 2024
In addition to forcing beasts to battle, organizers recruited a select few female gladiators and staged increasingly ambitious spectacles like the naumachiae.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
The beast must blink once and find us around its throat, the jugular already cut.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
Tent the beast with foil again and return the bird to oven to continuing cooking.
Remove the foil part way through the cooking time to allow the skin to brown.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 25 Nov. 2024
In addition to forcing beasts to battle, organizers recruited a select few female gladiators and staged increasingly ambitious spectacles like the naumachiae.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
The beast must blink once and find us around its throat, the jugular already cut.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
Tent the beast with foil again and return the bird to oven to continuing cooking.
Remove the foil part way through the cooking time to allow the skin to brown.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beast
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Others claim that the brute was named either for a popular near beer or for a Sunday comic strip about monkeys.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Nov. 2024
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When searching for reprieve, there’s sanctuary in a movie musical that looks like a Broadway smash, a Colosseum full of vintage brutes, a Harry Styles simile.Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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In deepest Siberia, where winds blow cold and poachers reduce wild animals to the brink of extinction, an unlikely tale of tiger romance is warming hearts and reinvigorating faith in species reintroduction.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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The zoo also temporarily suspended visitors' activities of directly contacting the animals.Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms linked to the mystery disease include fever, headaches, coughing and anemia, raising concerns about the Congo's limited medical infrastructure.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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That was until a throbbing headache set in, said Covert, 18.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The news comes a couple days after Variety reported that a film about the Batman villain was coming down the pike.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.Jim Gaines, ajc, 13 Sep. 2023
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The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
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Yet, in the span of three months, three of the deep sea creatures ended up on the shores of California.Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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The global phenomenon of 2016, Pokemon Go generated over $200 million in its first month and drove millions of players outdoors to hunt for virtual creatures which appeared on their mobile phone screens.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, in an interview with CNN Sport, the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) suggested that the media should do a better job of promoting all the leagues’ players, rather than focusing on Clark’s exploits.Johannes Sasay-Wada and Amanda Davies, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Rax, who works a communications job in California, has already had surgery to treat spondylolisthesis and likewise reports difficulty in securing such necessary care.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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The monsters are tall and impressively athletic-looking, with devil ears and animatronic snouts that snap like miniature crocodile jaws.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Families can hear all about classic ancient Greek myths which are filled with adventures of gods and goddesses, monsters, and heroes.Anna Halkidis, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Beast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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