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1 низость
meanness* * ** * *meanness, baseness* * *abjectionbasenessbasenessesdirtinessignominyinfamymeannessrottennessturpitude -
2 подлость
meanness, baseness; low/mean act/action* * ** * *meanness, baseness; low/mean act/action* * *infamymeannessmeannessesturpitudevillainiesvillainy -
3 неблагородство
meanness* * *meanness; baseness -
4 подлость
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5 низость
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6 Сверху мило, снизу гнило
Meanness and dishonesty are often hidden beneath a pleasant appearance. See Глаза - бирюза, а душа - сажа (Г), И гладок, да гадок (И), Личиком бел, да душою черен (Л), На вид пригож, а внутри на черта похож (H), Не все то золото, что блестит (H), Не стоит гроша, да походка хороша (H), Рубашка бела, да душа черна (P), Рыбка золотая, да внутри гнилая (P), С личика - яичко, а внутри - болтун (C)Var.: Сверху ясно, снизу грязно Cf: An angel on top but a devil underneath (Am.). Beauty may have fair leaves, but (yet) bitter fruit (Br.). A clean glove often hides a dirty hand (Am.). A fair face, a false heart (Br.). A fair face may hide a foul heart (Am., Br.). Fair without and false within (Br.). Foppish dressing tells the world the outside is the best of the puppet (Br.). Many a rosy apple is rotten to the core (Am.). The reddest apple may have a worm in it (Am.). There is many a fair thing full false (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Сверху мило, снизу гнило
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7 Шкодлив, как кошка, а труслив, как заяц
Meanness always goes together with cowardiceCf: A bully is always a coward (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Шкодлив, как кошка, а труслив, как заяц
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8 мерзость
meanness; nasty thingСинонимический ряд:гадость (сущ.) гадость; гнусность; пакость; паскудство -
9 гнусность
1) meanness
2) infamous/foul/vile action* * ** * *meanness, infamy, vileness, foulness* * *abominationenormity -
10 жадность
greed(iness), avidity; avarice, meanness (скупость, корыстолюбие); covetousness (алчность); eagerness перен.* * ** * *greed(iness), avidity; avarice, meanness* * *aviditycupiditiescupidityedacitygreedgreedinessgreedspiggishnessrapacitiesrapacity -
11 мелочность
pettiness* * ** * *pettiness, paltriness, meanness, triviality* * *littlenesspettinesspettinesses -
12 бедность
1) General subject: bareness, barrenness, destitute condition, destitution, humbleness, humility, indigence, jejunity, lean purse, leanness (урожая), light purse, manginess, meanness, misery, penury, poorness, poverty, slender purse, tenuity, want, necessity, need2) American: underprivilege3) Rare: illth4) Religion: maqam of faqr5) Politics: pauperism6) Scottish language: poortith -
13 гнусность
1) General subject: enormity, hideosity, hideousness, infamy, meanness, nefariousness2) Colloquial: lousiness3) Religion: abomination4) Jargon: scrunge -
14 его низость пала на его же голову
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > его низость пала на его же голову
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15 его низость ударила по нему самому
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > его низость ударила по нему самому
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16 его подлость обернулась против него самого
General subject: his meanness recoiled upon his own headУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > его подлость обернулась против него самого
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17 его скупость вошла в поговорку
1) General subject: he is avaricious to a proverb2) Makarov: his meanness was proverbialУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > его скупость вошла в поговорку
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18 мелочность
General subject: cheeseparing, littleness, meanness, mezquindad, paltriness, parvanimity, pettiness, triviality, mean-spiritedness -
19 мерзость
1) General subject: abomination, filth, guck, hideosity, hideousness, meanness, muck, nasty thing, nefariousness, ugliness, villainy2) Literal: sewerage3) Religion: confusion5) Scornful: carrion6) Jargon: it stinks (выражение неприятия)7) Makarov: dirt -
20 низость
1) General subject: abjection, baseness, dirtiness, filth, ignominy, infamy, meanness, nefariousness, pettiness, rascality, rottenness (поведения и т.п.), turpitude, villainy, mean-spiritedness2) Bookish: ignobiliti3) Australian slang: sleaze4) Makarov: ignobility, ignobleness
См. также в других словарях:
Meanness — Mean ness, n. 1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. [1913 Webster] This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meanness — index inconsideration, mediocrity, mischief Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
meanness — 1550s, weakness, from MEAN (Cf. mean) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness). Sense of baseness, poverty is from 1650s; that of stinginess from 1755 … Etymology dictionary
meanness — n. 1) meanness to 2) out of meanness (he did it out of meanness) * * * [ miːnnɪs] meanness to out of meanness (he did it out of meanness) … Combinatory dictionary
meanness — noun a) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison b) A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness … Wiktionary
meanness — Ⅰ. mean [1] ► VERB (past and past part. meant) 1) intend to express or refer to. 2) (of a word) have as its explanation in the same language or its equivalent in another language. 3) intend to occur or be the case. 4) have as a consequence. 5) … English terms dictionary
meanness — noun see mean II … New Collegiate Dictionary
meanness — /meen nis/, n. 1. the state or quality of being mean. 2. a mean act: to answer meannesses with forgiveness. [1550 60; MEAN2 + NESS] * * * … Universalium
meanness — Synonyms and related words: Lenten fare, abjectness, abominableness, atrociousness, austerity, authoritarianism, baseness, bearishness, beggarliness, bigotry, bitchiness, blind side, blind spot, blinders, cantankerousness, cheapness, churlishness … Moby Thesaurus
meanness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being mean] Syn. smallmindedness, baseness, lowness, pettiness, wickedness, debasement, degradation, abjection, shamelessness, infamy, degeneracy, blackguardism, knavishness, unscrupulousness, stinginess,… … English dictionary for students
meanness — mean·ness || miËnnɪs n. stinginess; leanness, scarcity; state of being mean, spitefulness; act of unkindness … English contemporary dictionary