bestwić
//ˈbɛs.tfit͡ɕ/ | /ˈbɛs.tfit͡ɕ/ | /ˈbɛs.tfit͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to scare, to scare away; to startle
- 2.to work up (to make proud or arrogant)
- 3.to become worked up, to become aroused
- 4.to become depraved, to become demoralized
- 5.obsoleteto incite, to work up (to bring to a state of being angry)
- 6.obsoleteto work up, to arouse (to evoke lust)
- 7.dialectalobsoleteto torment, to mistreat
- 8.obsoleteto become angry; to become wild, to become feral; to become worked up
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- rozbestwić
- rozbestwiać
- zbestwić
Etymology
From bestia + -ić under influence of pastwić. Bańkowski suggests a derivation of *biestwo + -ić, from bies + -stwo and a dialectal hardening of b. First attested in 1577.