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Definition of Beastliness
1. Noun. The quality of being deliberately mean.
Generic synonyms: Malevolence, Malevolency, Malice
Derivative terms: Beastly, Mean, Mean, Mean
2. Noun. Unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Derivative terms: Beastly
Definition of Beastliness
1. n. The state or quality of being beastly.
Definition of Beastliness
1. Noun. The state of being beastly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beastliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beastliness
Literary usage of Beastliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"This he published at Antwerp in 1565, with the title ' The Betraying of the
beastliness of the Heretics,' 12mo, and a defiant address to Grindal. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"The word was used bv Milton : Tliat boiling-hutch of beastliness. 1 lie». /f, ii, *.
.... beastliness ..."
3. A Prospectus of the Scientific Study of the Hindu Law by James Henry Nelson (1881)
"Concubinage—Incest—Marriage of widows—The Community—An unheard-of beastliness.
IT would be impossible for a student who undertakes to investigate in a ..."
4. Readings on the Inferno of Dante: Based Upon the Commentary of Benvenuto Da by Dante Alighieri, William Warren Vernon, Edward Moore (1906)
"I do not find " beastliness " as the rendering ot ... not even the best Italian
rendering of " beastliness," since that unpleasant word would be equivalent ..."
5. The World's Congress of Religions: The Addresses and Papers Delivered Before by John Wesley Hanson (1894)
"But in the beastliness of civilization, using the word beastliness definitely
and not descriptively, lies our hope of the future. ..."
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