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beastliness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of beastliness

the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal

a film depicting the sheer beastliness of life in a street gang

Synonyms of beastliness

animalism, animality, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, swinishness

Words Related to beastliness

carnality, physicality, sensuality

boorishness, coarseness, crudeness, grossness, loutishness, rudeness

barbarity, cruelty, sadism, savagery, viciousness, wantonness

Near Antonyms of beastliness

intellectuality, spirituality

greatheartedness, high-mindedness, magnanimity, nobility

beneficence, benevolence, benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, tenderheartedness

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