unbeast
unbeast noun: something which might be mistaken for, but which is not, a beast.
Noun
unbeast (plural unbeasts)
- Something which might be mistaken for, but which is not, a beast.
- That was no beast, said Irc scornfully into his mind. That was an unbeast. Twisty and nasty. Keep your eye out for more, Hem said.2010 December 7, Alison Croggon, The Crow: The Third Book of Pellinor, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 321
- We don't deserve the epitaph of "Beasts," for the natural beasts learned a long time ago what harmony in their ecosystems was. We are the plastic unbeasts called men. We kill our own flesh for spiritual reasons cloaked in patriotism. Were has our own animal gone? Are we so intellectually trapped...2013 February 8, Wayne T. Williams, Kissing the Hand of the Dead, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 144
Verb
unbeast (third-person singular simple present unbeasts, present participle unbeasting, simple past and past participle unbeasted)
- To get rid of the beastly form or nature of.
Forms of unbeast
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | unbeasts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | unbeasts |
| present participle | unbeasting |
| past participle | unbeasted |
| past | unbeasted |
Origin of unbeast
From un- (“not”) + beast.
un- + beast
Questions about unbeast
- What does unbeast mean?
- Unbeast means something which might be mistaken for, but which is not, a beast.
- What part of speech is unbeast?
- Unbeast can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of unbeast?
- The plural of unbeast is unbeasts.
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