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beastfulness

beastfulness noun: the quality of being beastful.

Noun

beastfulness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being beastful.
    • That I ran "in at my death"' will surprise none of us, but also it is to my chagrin that the cochon Vol au Vent sacrificed some dogs to his irrepressible beastfulness—his ardour of courage.1868 February 1, “The Repository of the Horse”, in Fun, volume VI (new series), London: […] J. Alder, page 220, column 1

Synonyms of beastfulness

Origin of beastfulness

From beastful + -ness.

Questions about beastfulness

What does beastfulness mean?
Beastfulness means the quality of being beastful.
What part of speech is beastfulness?
Beastfulness is a noun.

Words near beastfulness in the dictionary

  1. beastes
  2. beastfolk
  3. beastful
  4. beastfull
  5. beastfully
  6. beastfulness
  7. beasthood
  8. beasthoods
  9. beastial
  10. beastiality
  11. beastie

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