Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for beast

Synonyms for beast

Grammar : Noun
Spell : beest
Phonetic Transcription : bist

Top 10 synonyms for beast
Other synonyms for the word beast

Définition of beast

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old French beste "animal, wild beast," figuratively "fool, idiot" (11c., Modern French bête), from Vulgar Latin *besta, from Latin bestia "beast, wild animal," of unknown origin. Used to translate Latin animal. Replaced Old English deor (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal. Of persons felt to be animal-like in various senses from early 13c. Of the figure in the Christian apocalypse story from late 14c.
  • noun large wild animal; brute
Example sentences :
  • A man is but a beast as he lives from day to day, eating and drinking, breathing and sleeping.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He is a wondrous large and strong man, with no ruth for man, woman, or beast.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The voice, too, when he spoke, was as deep and as fierce as the growl of a beast of prey.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It is used by their prickers and huntsmen when the beast hath not fled, but is still in its lair.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • If the hunter fires then, over the horn, he will strike the beast's backbone.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • "It's the nature of the beast to run crazy," pursued Kingozi tranquilly.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I should have felt more comfortable about both man and beast.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Jack, poor boy, you are not a human being—you are not even a beast.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • It is considered dangerous for man or beast to go too near it.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • He paced the chamber like a beast in a cage, hissing out the words in his anger.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019