as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
Form 1040 has always been his personal black beast, and he puts off dealing with it for as long as he can
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Recent Examples of black beast
Based on a 1967 Chevrolet Impala, the black beast is powered by a powerful Chevy V-8 and features parts sourced from a British Harrier fighter jet.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2022
Malone's black beast in the closet is threatening Alaska now.
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Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion,
Anchorage Daily News,
2 Mar. 2018
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2022
Malone's black beast in the closet is threatening Alaska now.
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Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion,
Anchorage Daily News,
2 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black beast
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Only rush-hour traffic and $20 tacos inspire the same level of dread.
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The long and painful rehab would have interfered with his writing; the dread of leaving behind an incomplete manuscript outweighed the benefit of a few extra months.
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In the end, reverence for the likes of Genghis Khan, Hitler, and Attila the Hun mistakes fear for respect, destruction for disruption, and raw terror for true greatness.
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Set five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, young, scrappy New Yorkers face a new wave of supernatural terror hitting the Big Apple.
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Corlys and Lohar find each other in the scrum and both land powerful blows before Corlys is thrown into the sea, leaving Alyn of Hull to finish off his father’s enemy.
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After hours of fighting in the close urban setting, Dockery used smoke grenades to signal enemy positions for American gunships.
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Why did the plague kill so many children?
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Willerslev and other researchers looked for traces of plague-causing bacteria in remains from four cemeteries near Siberia's Lake Baikal.
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Everyone's favorite hideous ogre and delusional donkey are finally reunited.
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Zendaya is among the newcomers to the voice cast that returns Mike Myers as the titular ogre, Eddie Murphy as his best pal Donkey and Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona.
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“Black beast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20beast. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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