-
21 downpour
n ливеньСинонимический ряд:1. flood (noun) cataclysm; catastrophe; cloudburst; deluge; drencher; flood; inundation; overflow2. heavy rain (noun) heavy rain; monsoon; rain; shower; storm; thundershower; torrentАнтонимический ряд: -
22 genocide
n геноцидСинонимический ряд:1. violent death (noun) death; homicide; violent death2. wholesale destruction (noun) annihilation; catastrophe; destruction; disaster; extermination of the Jews; holocaust; massive ravaging; wholesale destruction -
23 hardship
1. n обыкн. pl трудности; неприятности; тяготы; огорчения; невзгодыhardship differential — надбавка к жалованью за трудные условия работы, надбавка за трудность
2. n обыкн. pl лишения, нуждаa life of hardships — жизнь, полная лишений
Синонимический ряд:1. asperity (noun) asperity; burden; difficulty; handicap; hardness; impediment; ordeal; rigor; rigour; travail; trial; trouble; vicissitude2. misfortune (noun) adversity; affliction; austerity; calamity; catastrophe; curse; disaster; grievance; misfortune; suffering; tribulationАнтонимический ряд:aid; benefit; blessing; boon; help -
24 mishap
1. n книжн. неприятное происшествие, казус2. n поэт. неудача, несчастьеСинонимический ряд:1. event (noun) accident; casualty; catastrophe; crisis; event; misadventure; mischance; mistake; predicament2. misfortune (noun) adversity; contretemps; misfortune; tragedy -
25 tragedy
1. n трагедияtragedy king — актёр, исполняющий в трагедии роль короля; главный трагик труппы
2. n трагическая ситуацияthe tragedy is that … — трагедия в том, что …
3. n трагическое событиеСинонимический ряд:1. calamity (noun) adversity; affliction; anguish; bad fortune; blight; calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; contretemps; disaster; grave adversity; misadventure; mischance; misery; misfortune; mishap; suffering; tribulation; woes2. tragic drama (noun) drama; Elizabethan tragedy; Greek tragedy; play; tearjerker; theatrical production; tragic drama; tragic novel; tragic story; tragicomedyАнтонимический ряд:blessing; comedy -
26 triumph
1. n победа, торжество; триумфto achieve great triumphs — достичь многого, иметь большие достижения
rip-roaring triumph — шумный успех, полный триумф
2. n радость победы3. n ист. триумф, торжественный въезд полководца-победителя в столицу, триумфальное шествие4. n ирон. воплощение, символhis hat is a triumph of ugliness — его шляпа — само безобразие
5. v побеждать, одерживать победу6. v процветать7. v торжествовать, ликовать; праздновать победу, триумф8. v ист. праздновать триумфСинонимический ряд:1. celebration (noun) celebration; ecstasy; exultance; exultation; joy; jubilance; jubilation2. victory (noun) achievement; ascendancy; conquest; mastery; success; victory; win3. best (verb) achieve; beat; best; conquer; defeat; master; overcome; prevail; rout; subdue; succeed; thrash; trounce; vanquish; win; worst4. celebrate (verb) be elate; be glad; celebrate; crow; delight; exult; glory; jubilate; rejoice; rejoinder; revelАнтонимический ряд:adversity; calamity; catastrophe; defeat; destruction; disappointment; disaster; discomfiture; downfall; fail; failure; lose; loss; misfortune; mourn; yield -
27 debacle
fr.noun1) вскрытие реки; ледоход2) стихийный прорыв вод3) разгром; паническое бегство4) ниспровержение, падение (правительства)Syn:catastrophe* * *(n) бедствие; дезорганизация; катастрофа; крах; разгром* * *вскрытие реки; ледоход, половодье* * *n. вскрытие реки, ледоход, стихийный прорыв вод; разгром, ниспровержение, падение, паническое бегство* * *дезорганизациякрахледоходниспровержениепадениеразгромразладрасстройство -
28 deluge
1. n потоп, наводнение2. n ливень3. n лавина, поток, град4. v затоплять, наводнять5. v осыпать, засыпать, наводнятьСинонимический ряд:1. flood (noun) cataclysm; cataract; catastrophe; downpour; drencher; flood; flooding; freshet; inundation; niagara; overflow; pour; spate; torrent2. drown (verb) drown; engulf; flood; inundate; overflow; overwhelm; submerge; swamp; whelm3. wet (verb) douse; drench; soak; sop; souse; wet -
29 drencher
1. n проливной дождь, ливень2. n дождевальная установка3. n прибор для вливания лекарстваСинонимический ряд:flood (noun) cataclysm; catastrophe; deluge; downpour; flood; inundation; overflow -
30 ill luck
невезение; неудача; несчастьеas ill luck would have it, by ill luck — к несчастью
his luck was out — ему не повезло; у него была полоса неудач
odd stroke of luck — случайная удача, неожиданное везение
a run of ill luck — несчастливая полоса, полоса невезения
a great piece of luck — большое счастье, редкая удача
Синонимический ряд:misfortune (noun) accident; adversity; calamity; catastrophe; disaster; misadventure; mischance; misfortune; mishap -
31 inundation
1. n книжн. наводнение, потоп2. n книжн. наплыв; скоплениеСинонимический ряд:flood (noun) cataclysm; cataract; catastrophe; deluge; downpour; drencher; drowning; flood; flooding; freshet; high tide; niagara; outpouring; overflow; overflowing; pour; spate; submerging; tidal wave; torrent -
32 misadventure
n несчастье, несчастный случай; злоключениеСинонимический ряд:misfortune (noun) accident; adversity; calamity; casualty; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster; failure; hazard; ill luck; mischance; misfortune; mishap; tragedy; woesАнтонимический ряд:fortune; good fortune; good luck; luck -
33 mischance
1. n неудача, невезениеby mischance — к несчастью, по несчастной случайности
2. n несчастный случайonly a serious mischance will prevent him from coming — только несчастный случай помешает ему прийти
Синонимический ряд:misfortune (noun) accident; adversity; affliction; calamity; casualty; catastrophe; contretemps; defeat; disaster; misadventure; misfortune; mishap; reverse; tragedy -
34 worst
1. n наихудшее, самое плохоеthe worst of it is that … — хуже всего то, что …
if the worst comes to the worst — в самом худшем случае, если произойдёт самое худшее
2. a наихудший, самый плохой3. adv от I4. adv хуже всего5. adv наиболее; сильнее всего6. adv наименее, меньше всего7. v победить, разбить; нанести поражениеСинонимический ряд:1. evilest (adj.) evilest; most inauspicious; most unfavourable2. most amiss (adj.) most amiss; most deficient; most dissatisfactory; most unsatisfactory; most up3. most decayed (adj.) most decayed; most decomposed; most putrid; most rotten; most spoiled; rottenest4. most disagreeable (adj.) most disagreeable; most displeasing; most offensive; most unpleasant; sourest; unhappiest; unpleasantest5. most downcast (adj.) bluest; droopiest; dullest; most chapfallen; most crestfallen; most dejected; most depressed; most disconsolate; most dispirited; most doleful; most down; most downcast; most downhearted; most down-in-the-mouth; most downthrown; most heartsick; most heartsore; most hipped; most low-spirited; most mopey; most soul-sick; most spiritless; most sunk; most woebegone; sickest6. most harmful (adj.) most damaging; most deleterious; most detrimental; most harmful; most hurtful; most injurious; most nocent; most nocuous; most prejudicial; most prejudicious; most unfavorable7. most hostile (adj.) most hostile; most inimicable; most inimical; unfriendliest8. most null (adj.) most invalid; most null; most void9. naughtiest (adj.) most ill-behaved; most misbehaving; most mischievous; most paw; naughtiest10. poorest (adj.) least effective; least proficient; lowest; most awful; most bad; most evil; most terrible; poorest11. rudest (adj.) most discourteous; most disgracious; most disrespectful; most ill-bred; most ill-mannered; most impertinent; most impolite; most incivil; most incondite; most inurbane; most mannerless; most uncalled-for; most uncivil; most uncourteous; most uncouth; most ungracious; most unhandsome; most unmannered; most unmannerly; most unpolished; rudest12. toughest (adj.) roughest; toughest13. worst (adj.) evilest or evillest; most immoral; most iniquitous; most nefarious; most reprobate; most sinful; most vicious; most wicked; most wrong; wickedest; worst14. calamity (noun) calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; destruction; disaster; misfortune; terrible ruin; worst-case scenario15. best (verb) beat; best; conquer; defeat; down; get the better of; lick; master; outdo; overcome; prevail; rout; subdue; surmount; thrash; triumph; trounce; upset; vanquish; whip16. most inauspiciously (other) most adversely; most badly; most inauspiciously; most negatively; most unfavourably; most unfortunately; most unluckily; worst
- 1
- 2
См. также в других словарях:
catastrophe — ► NOUN ▪ an event causing great damage or suffering. DERIVATIVES catastrophic adjective. ORIGIN Greek katastroph overturning, sudden turn … English terms dictionary
catastrophe — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, big, complete, great, major, terrible, total ▪ minor ▪ national … Collocations dictionary
catastrophe — noun (C, U) 1 a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction or many people are injured or die: the catastrophe of a worldwide conflict | The oil spill threatens an unparalleled ecological catastrophe. 2 an event or situation which is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
catastrophe — I noun accident, adversity, affliction, calamitas, calamity, cataclysm, collapse, contretemps, debacle, decimation, desolation, destruction, devastation, disaster, downfall, emergency, eradication, extinction, great misfortune, hardship, havoc,… … Law dictionary
catastrophe adjuster — UK US (also catastrophe adjustor) noun [C] ► INSURANCE someone who works for an insurance company and whose job is to decide how much to pay someone who has been badly affected by a serious accident or event … Financial and business terms
catastrophe theory — noun : mathematical theory and conjecture concerned with the use of topology to explain events (as an earthquake or a stock market crash) characterized by major abrupt changes * * * caˈtastrophe theory 7 [catastrophe theory] noun uncountable ( … Useful english dictionary
catastrophe — noun Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata + strephein to turn Date: 1540 1. the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy 2. a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter … New Collegiate Dictionary
catastrophe bond — UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE a type of investment that pays a high rate of interest unless there is a natural disaster, such as a flood, forest fire, etc. If this happens, the investment is lost and the money is used to help the people affected … Financial and business terms
catastrophe — noun the flood of ’82 was the worst catastrophe in the town s history Syn: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, holocaust, havoc, ruin, ruination, tragedy; adversity, blight, trouble, trial, tribulation … Thesaurus of popular words
catastrophe theory — noun Date: 1971 mathematical theory and conjecture that uses topology to explain events (as an earthquake or a stock market crash) characterized by major abrupt changes … New Collegiate Dictionary
catastrophe theory — noun The branch of mathematics dealing with dynamical systems which can undergo abrupt irreversible qualitative changes due to a tiny change in parameters … Wiktionary