Meaning & Definition of Beast in English
English⟶
Beast
/bist/
noun
1. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
synonym:
- animal,
- animate being,
- beast,
- brute,
- creature,
- fauna
2. A cruelly rapacious person
synonym:
- beast,
- wolf,
- savage,
- brute,
- wildcat
Examples of using
Savages fear the appearance of a fierce wild beast.
The most dangerous beast is the beast within.
People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it.