Thesaurus results for BEASTIE

beastie

noun

ˈbē-stē

as in animal

one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings I've become used to sharing our cabin in the woods with all sorts of little beasties

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Recent Examples of beastie Most of the remaining beasties now live on remote islands near the equator, and most humans would conveniently like to forget them. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 June 2025 The risks are evident – having these kinds of four-legged beasties roaming free around us without the guardrails they’re programmed with could be – well - pretty chaotic. —

John Werner, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 In this movie, their most formidable foes are a hellish bunch of beasties disguised as a rival boy band. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025 Set in a fictional, secluded land of mountains and lakes, Ochi follows a plucky teen named Yuri (played by Helena Zengel), who’s been raised by her father to fear and hunt the reclusive little beasties called ochi. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beastie

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Noun

Costa Mesa resident Laura Lee Yourex, 63, who bragged on social media about registering her dog to vote and subsequently cast ballots in the animal’s name, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Always armed, as younger siblings ought to be, with endless animal facts, my brother continues to explain how whales and humans both evolved from the same four-legged mammal some 65 million years ago.

— Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026