beast noun
1 animal
ADJ. ferocious, savage, snarling, wild Savage beasts once roamed these forests. | exotic, fabled, fantastic, legendary, mythical, rare, strange paintings of mythical beasts | great, huge, magnificent, mighty
PHRASES a beast of burden, a beast of prey
2 unpleasant/cruel person
ADJ. filthy You filthy beast! | sex Local people live in fear of this unknown sex beast.
PHRASES the beast in sb (= the violent or sexual part of sb's character) The beast in her wanted to destroy his house. | bring out the beast in sb Somehow she brought out the beast in him.
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