- beastliness
- beast·li·ness
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beastliness
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Beastliness — Beast li*ness, n. The state or quality of being beastly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beastliness — index bestiality, disrepute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
beastliness — male sexual activity In the 19th century it meant copulation, when it was not thought proper for women to relish the activity: While you were at your beastliness ... (Fraser, 1971, writing in archaic style) Now it means masturbation … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
beastliness — beastly Brit. informal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very unpleasant. ► ADVERB dated ▪ to an extreme and unpleasant degree. DERIVATIVES beastliness noun … English terms dictionary
beastliness — noun see beastly I … New Collegiate Dictionary
beastliness — See beastly. * * * … Universalium
beastliness — noun The state of being beastly … Wiktionary
beastliness — beast·li·ness || biËstlɪnɪs n. nastiness, crudeness, gluttony, obscenity … English contemporary dictionary
beastliness — noun 1. the quality of being deliberately mean • Syn: ↑meanness • Derivationally related forms: ↑mean (for: ↑meanness), ↑beastly • Hypernyms: ↑malevolence … Useful english dictionary
beastly — beastliness, n. /beest lee/, adj., beastlier, beastliest, adv. adj. 1. of or like a beast; bestial. 2. Informal. nasty; unpleasant; disagreeable. adv. 3. Chiefly Brit. Informal. very; exceedingly: It s beastly cold out. 4. Brit. Informal.… … Universalium
