Antonyms for beetle
ˈbit lbee·tle

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1. • Beat
   • Hang
   • Insect
   • Move

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1. beetlenoun

   insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

   Synonyms:
   mallet

2. mallet, beetleadjective

   a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

   Synonyms:
   mallet, hammer

3. beetle, beetlingverb

   jutting or overhanging

   "beetle brows"

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

   Synonyms:
   beetling

4. overhang, beetleverb

   be suspended over or hang over

   "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

   Synonyms:
   overhang

5. beetleverb

   fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

   "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

   Synonyms:
   overhang

6. beetleverb

   beat with a beetle

   Antonyms:
   intrusive

   Synonyms:
   overhang

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1. beetlenoun

   Synonyms:
   mallet (heavy), scarabee, clock, coleopter, scarab

2. beetleverb

   Synonyms:
   overhang, jut out, protrude, project

How to use beetle in a sentence?

1. Moorish Proverb:

   Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.

2. Richard Livingstone:

   There is no virtue in being uncritical nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

3. Martin Qvarnström:

   Although Silesaurus appears to have ingested numerous individuals of Triamyxa coprolithica, the beetle was likely too small to have been the only targeted prey, instead, Triamyxa likely shared its habitat with larger beetles, which are represented by disarticulated remains in the coprolites, and other prey, which never ended up in the coprolites in a recognizable shape. So it seems likely that Silesaurus was omnivorous, and that a part of its diet was comprised of insects.

4. Sam Hodder:

   A giant sequoia that was weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and made it more susceptible to mortality from fire.

5. Ursula Heinen-Esser:

   Within a few weeks, it's completely reversed, and we're now dealing with drought, it'll also have a major impact on the forest and on bark beetle infestation.

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