beast
beast Lexical Profile
beast Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An animal, especially a large, four-footed, or dangerous wild mammal as distinguished from a human, bird, insect, or fish.
"Early explorers documented many unfamiliar beasts roaming the vast savanna."
A cruel, coarse, filthy, or brutally violent person.
"The novel portrays the tyrannical warden as an unfeeling beast."
Something that is exceptionally difficult, unpleasant, or formidable to manage or master.
"The final calculus exam was an absolute beast, testing every concept from the semester."
A person or machine that is exceptionally skilled, powerful, or dominant in a particular activity (slang).
"She is a beast on the tennis court, rarely losing a single set all season."
• Rhymes for beast
Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English beste, borrowed from Old French beste, which derives from Latin bestia ('wild animal'). It largely displaced the native Old English word deor ('wild animal') in general senses, leaving 'deer' to refer to a specific family of hoofed mammals.