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Meaning of "beastliness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BEASTLINESS

ˈbiːstlɪnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEASTLINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beastliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEASTLINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beastliness in the English dictionary

The definition of beastliness in the dictionary is the quality of being horrible; horrible behaviour; foulness. Other definition of beastliness is nastiness.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEASTLINESS

comeliness · costliness · friendliness · ghastliness · ghostliness · holiness · loveliness · manliness · portliness · saintliness · sightliness · silliness · sprightliness · stateliness · timeliness · ugliness · uncourtliness · unknightliness · unsightliness · worldliness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEASTLINESS

beast · beast of burden · beast of prey · beasthood · beastie · beastily · beastings · beastlier · beastliest · beastlike · beastly · beat · beat a retreat · beat about the bush · beat down · Beat Generation · beat it · beat one´s breast · beat oneself up · beat seven bells out of

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEASTLINESS

agribusiness · big business · bulkiness · business · cleanliness · cleanliness is next to godliness · core business · craziness · dizziness · do the business · e-business · emptiness · family business · fitness · happiness · laziness · loneliness · readiness · rough-and-readiness · show business · trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of beastliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beastliness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BEASTLINESS

Find out the translation of beastliness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of beastliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beastliness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

兽性
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

bestialidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

beastliness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

क्रूरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السوء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

свинство
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

beastliness
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পশুত্ব
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bestialité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Beastliness
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gemeinheit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

beastliness
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

beastliness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Beastliness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh như loài thú
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

beastliness
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पाशवीपणा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hayvan gibi davranış
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

bestialità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

beastliness
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

свинство
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

animalitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κτηνωδία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beestachtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beastliness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beastliness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beastliness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEASTLINESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of beastliness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «beastliness».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beastliness

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEASTLINESS»

Discover the use of beastliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beastliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Curious Pleasures: A Gentleman's Collection of Beastliness
This encyclopaedic treasure of adult pleasures, dysfunctions and unacceptable female behaviour has been fully restored with the original illustrations intact. In modern hands, this forbidden work of scholarly madness will prove hilarious.
Erasmus St Jude Croom, 2007
2
Nicomachean Ethics:
For when we see someone who is completely base, we say that he is not a human being but a wild beast, on the supposi- tion that beastliness is a sort ofvice. The virtue opposed to it has no name, but is the sort that is beyond human —a sort ...
Aristotle, C. D. C. Reeve, 2014
3
Polymorphous Domesticities: Pets, Bodies, and Desire in Four ...
Tulip, of course, “never let[s him] down” (30) and retains her beastliness in her heats and otherwise, never allowing herself to submit to a cold humanity that would penetrate her with an instrument designed to calculate body temperature.
Juliana Schiesari, 2012
4
Walker Percy's Search for Community
He wished to answer the question: "why does humanism lead to beastliness?" 1 The ... The inherent contradictions in this anthropology (man as higher organism versus child of God) cause it to explode, unleashing human beastliness. Percy's ...
John F. Desmond, 2004
5
Erotic Beasts and Social Monsters: Shakespeare, Jonson, and ...
Tityrus's ambiguous reply, "In health it is easy to counsel the sick, but it's hard for the sick to follow wholesome counsel" (1.1.106-7), though it seems superficially to characterize love/beastliness/herma- phrodism as sickness (it would be hard ...
Grace Tiffany, 1995
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Sleep, Romance and Human Embodiment: Vitality from Spenser ...
Evidence of continuity between forms of life is found in depictions of human beastliness or (less frequently) plantliness. Consider this famous passage from Pico della Mirandola's On the Dignity of Man: At man's birth the Father placed in him ...
Garrett A. Sullivan, 2012
7
White Stones and Fir Trees: An Anthology of Contemporary ...
It's a good thing that you're joining the commando, chum, and still better that we' re retreating, that you won't be able to see all the beastliness you leave behind you. Only the ones who go forward will see all the beastliness we left, nowadays  ...
Vasa D. Mihailovich, 1977
8
A Nietzschean Bestiary: Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and Brutal
Rather than equivocate on the beastliness of his beasts of prey, he undertakes a more daring exploration of what beastliness actually entails. He thus encourages us to understand beastliness as always already involving some elements of ...
Christa Davis Acampora, Ralph R. Acampora, 2004
9
Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche: The Politics of Infinity
What is striking here is not so much the corresponding mentions of beasts as the corresponding assertions that beastliness belongs to the tyrant and even to the philosopher. Socrates, of course, suggests that the philosopher has learned to ...
Laurence D. Cooper, 2010
10
Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities
One is compelled to ask whether to be "at one with nature" is of necessity to be at odds with justice. We will return to this theme, particularly in the concluding chapter. 3 Animals All? In most of our abilities, we differ 48 Beastliness and Brutality.
Rod Preece, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEASTLINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beastliness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Moments of Bliss 'Did you know, I once had a dragon I loved?'
Instead, on every cloudy day, especially those with rain or snow, I celebrated the beastliness of the weather by imaginative exercises. The walls ... «Monadnock Ledger Transcript, Jul 15»
2
Arrested for Criticizing a Former Prime Minister, Singaporean Teen …
... ended up displaying your own problems and neuroses–your pettiness, your cruelty, your beastliness, your insecurity–in all their garish detail. «Global Voices Online, Jun 15»
3
Importance of India for Sri Lanka and the need for Sri Lanka to …
Post Indian beastliness expected from the Hindutwa's was an evolution of a much needed democratic change that India successfully ... «Sri Lanka Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Puli Official Trailer & Movie is coming to Cinemas
Sridevi is attracting all the audiences with her beastliness. Sridevi is playing the role queen for the kingdom. She with role as queen has ... «Loop 21, Jun 15»
5
Israel's center-left is sick, sterile and detached
The great objectors to Israeli beastliness have themselves become beastly. The great warriors against the corruption (of the occupation) have ... «Haaretz, Jun 15»
6
Jose Bautista takes shot at Bill Belichick, St. Louis Cardinals
We knew Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch and his mute beastliness, and we knew huge, goofball tight end Rob Gronkowski. We were aware of ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 15»
7
Editorial: Fire danger looms in Bidwell Park
The park is a remote, hot place, which is part of its beauty and its beastliness. Now with summer here and more access to the park restored, ... «Chico Enterprise-Record, Jun 15»
8
BILL BERKSON with Jarrett Earnest
... or even something like having a good heart, but also assumes rage, lust, and the beastliness of survival. Now I've been playing with it, I'm not ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jun 15»
9
Arsenal's fantasy football makes the game smile again
... Sánchez and Mesut Özil, was to feel the sport had been re-located to an age of innocence, of beauty replacing the beastliness of Zurich. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
10
Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Barry Humphries gives program a twist
“He is so much about the beauty and the beastliness of life, and he is fascinated by all of those things. That obviously comes through in his work ... «The Australian, May 15»
REFERENCE
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