Thesaurus results for BLACK BEASTS

black beasts

noun

plural of black beast

as in dreads

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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Noun

Royals, who has typically sported some of the team’s most stylish hair, cut his dreads last week.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
He's described by officials as a Black male in his late teens with a medium-large build and thick dreads.

— Nick Lentz, CBS News, 15 June 2026

Definition of dreads

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Although the film is not true to some parts of the book, which caused some controversy among staunch King fans, Kubrick does bring to life the terrors King so aptly wrote about, including domestic abuse, isolation, helplessness, and alcoholism.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.

— Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of terrors

Noun

Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
This can be especially uncomfortable when the prevailing narrative holds its own special significance, but pondering such complexities strengthens our minds and our spirits.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of spirits

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Continue reading … STAR WARS — America's enemies prepare to take the next major war into outer space.

— , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Rather than growing up on the paradise island of Themyscira, Kelly Thompson’s Wonder Woman is raised in Hell by the witch Circe — historically one of her greatest enemies.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of enemies

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Of course ogres and adversaries can shift shapes over decades.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.

— Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ogres

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