woesteling

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• Hyphenation: woes‧te‧ling

From woest +‎ -e- +‎ ling.

woesteling m (plural woestelingen, diminutive woestelingetje n)

1. a barbaric, savage ruffian, gross boor
2. a brute, crude and dangerous person
3. a savage and indomitable beast

   Hondsdolheid verandert de liefste huisdieren in woestelingen

   Rabies turns the sweetest pets into brutal beasts

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woesteling f (plural woestelingen, diminutive woestelingetje n)

1. a devastation, destruction

• verwoesting
• woesting

• woestballing m
• woestenij