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[biːst]1) (animal) bestia f., animale m.to bring out the beast in sb. — (make lustful, brutal) risvegliare la bestia o l'animale che c'è in qcn
••it's in the nature of the beast — scherz. è la legge della natura, così vanno le cose
it's a beast of a job! — colloq. è un lavoro da bestie!
* * *[bi:st]1) (a four-footed (especially large) animal: beasts of the jungle.) bestia2) (a cruel, brutal person.) bestia, animale3) (an unpleasant person: Arthur is a beast for refusing to come!) bestia, animale•- beastly- beastliness* * *beast /bi:st/n.● beast of burden, bestia da soma □ beast of a cold, brutto raffreddore □ beast of prey, animale da predaFALSI AMICI: beast non significa bestia nel senso di persona ignorante.* * *[biːst]1) (animal) bestia f., animale m.to bring out the beast in sb. — (make lustful, brutal) risvegliare la bestia o l'animale che c'è in qcn
••it's in the nature of the beast — scherz. è la legge della natura, così vanno le cose
it's a beast of a job! — colloq. è un lavoro da bestie!
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['biːstlɪ] 1.aggettivo colloq.1) (unpleasant) [person, behaviour] stupido, brutale; [ trick] stupido, brutto; [ weather] schifoso, tremendo2) (bestial) bestiale2.avverbio colloq. terribilmente, maledettamente* * *1) (like a beast.) bestiale2) (disagreeable: What a beastly thing to do!) sgradevole, schifoso* * *beastly /ˈbi:stlɪ/A a.1 bestiale; brutale2 (fam.) odioso; orribile; schifoso: a beastly cold, un raffreddore terribile; this beastly war, questa orribile guerra; questa guerra schifosa; beastly weather, tempo schifoso; tempo da caniB avv.(fam., con concetti negativi) assai; molto; maledettamente: It's beastly cold, fa un freddo cane (o un freddo bestiale)beastlinessn. [u]1 bestialità; brutalità2 (fam.) sgradevolezza3 (fam.) cattiveria; odiosità.* * *['biːstlɪ] 1.aggettivo colloq.1) (unpleasant) [person, behaviour] stupido, brutale; [ trick] stupido, brutto; [ weather] schifoso, tremendo2) (bestial) bestiale2.avverbio colloq. terribilmente, maledettamente
См. также в других словарях:
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 — beast·li·ness … English syllables
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