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Beast Call Behaving Selfish Unkind Unpleasant Refer Bully

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If you call someone a b____, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way.If you call someone a beast, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way.
Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go!
word beast
full-definition
noun
You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
...the threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts.
...a centaur: half man, half beast.
If you refer to a man as a beast, you mean that his behaviour, especially his sexual behaviour, is very violent and uncontrolled .
If you call someone a beast, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way.
Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go!
You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality.
...that rare beast, a sports movie that isn't boring.
inflections beasts
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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