Beastliness (Noun)
Meaning 1
The quality of being deliberately mean.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The politician's beastliness towards her opponents during the debate earned her widespread criticism.
- His beastliness in mocking his coworker's disability ultimately cost him his job.
- The social media trolls' beastliness towards the celebrities' personal lives was shameful.
- The new manager's beastliness towards the employees created a toxic work environment.
- Her beastliness towards the poor and vulnerable was unacceptable for someone in her position of power.
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Meaning 2
Unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The storm brought with it a beastliness of rain and hail that made it difficult to venture outside.
- The beastliness of the weather was matched only by the grumpiness of the people who had to endure it.
- After a few days of sunshine, the beastliness of the winter weather returned with a vengeance.
- The forecast warned of a beastliness of thunderstorms and heavy rain that would last for several days.
- The beastliness of the fog made it hard to see more than a few feet in front of us as we drove.