beastly, a. bestial, irrational, [brutal]; (Colloq.) [abominable], [disagreeable], [nasty].
beat, v. [forge], malleate, [beetle], weld, [hammer]; belabor, [maul], buffet, [smite], flagellate, whack, [pelt], [strike]; See whip; [overcome], [vanquish], [surpass], [conquer], [eclipse], [subdue], [checkmate], [rout], [excel], [outdo]; [cheat], [swindle], [defraud]; [throb], pulsate; [pulverize], comminute, [bruise], bray, triturate; [perplex], [pose], [nonplus].
beat, n. [throb], pulsation; [round]; [superior].
beat, a. (Colloq.) [exhausted], [weary], fatigued, [beaten].
beat back. [repel], [repulse], [resist].
beaten, a. conquered, defeated, vanquished.
beating, n. flagellation, drubbing, flogging, fustigation, [castigation], thumping, [mauling], verberation, pommeling; pulsation, [throb], [throbbing], saltation; [defeat], [repulse]; malleation, forging, welding.
beating, a. pulsating, [throbbing], pulsatile.
beau, n. [lover], [sweetheart], [gallant], swain, [flame], cicisbeo, admirer, suitor, inamorato; [dandy], popinjay, [dude], [fop], [coxcomb], [exquisite], [blade].
beautiful, a. [fair], [lovely], handsome, [comely], personable, beauteous, [elegant], [exquisite]. Antonyms: [homely], [ugly], [repulsive], [unlovely], [hideous], uncomely, inelegant.