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2 raccomandabile
un tipo poco raccomandabile a shady character* * *raccomandabile agg. recommendable, commendable; ( di persona) reliable, trustworthy: questo albergo è raccomandabile, this hotel is recommendable (o can be recommended); è una persona poco raccomandabile, he is a disreputable person (o fam. shady character).* * *[rakkoman'dabile]1) (consigliabile) advisable, recommendable2) (affidabile) recommendable, reliablepoco raccomandabile — [ persona] disreputable, untrustworthy
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3 disdicevole
disdicevole agg. (letter.) unbecoming, indecorous: la tua condotta mi sembra disdicevole, I find your behaviour unbecoming.* * *[dizdi'tʃevole]aggettivo [ comportamento] discreditable, disreputable* * *disdicevole/dizdi't∫evole/[ comportamento] discreditable, disreputable. -
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5 contornare
contornare v.tr.1 to surround, to encircle; to go* round (sthg.): alti pioppi contornavano il castello, high poplars surrounded the castle2 ( bordare) to trim, to border, to edge, to hem (with sthg.): contornare una veste di trine, to trim a dress with lace3 ( attorniare) to surround: è contornato da validi collaboratori, he is surrounded by good collaborators.◘ contornarsi v.rifl. to surround oneself (with s.o., sthg.): si è contornato di individui di poca fiducia, he surrounded himself with disreputable characters.* * *[kontor'nare]1. vt(gen), fig to surround, (ornare) to decorate, trim2. vr (contornarsi)contornarsi di — to surround o.s. with
* * *[kontor'nare]verbo transitivo [ alberi] to surround, to encircle, to fringe [ campo]; [spiaggia, isole] to skirt [ costa]* * *contornare/kontor'nare/ [1] -
6 equivoco
(pl -ci) 1. adj ambiguous( sospetto) suspiciouscolloq ( losco) shady colloq2. m misunderstanding* * *equivoco agg.1 ambiguous, equivocal: una risposta equivoca, an ambiguous reply2 ( dubbio, sospetto) suspicious, doubtful, questionable: reputazione equivoca, doubtful reputation; uomo equivoco, suspicious man◆ s.m. ( ambiguità) ambiguity, equivocation; ( malinteso) misunderstanding: senza equivoco, unequivocally (o unambiguously); c'è stato un equivoco, there has been a misunderstanding; c'era possibilità di equivoco nella sua risposta, there was an element of ambiguity in his reply; non c'è possibilità di equivoco, there are no two ways about it; non c'è possibilità di equivoco su quanto ha detto, there is no mistaking what he has said; chiarire, dar luogo a un equivoco, to explain, to give rise to a misunderstanding; giocare sull'equivoco, to equivocate; per evitare ogni equivoco, a scanso d'equivoco, to avoid any misunderstanding (o to know exactly where we stand).* * *[e'kwivoko] equivoco -a, -ci, -che1. agg2. sm(malinteso) misunderstandinga scanso di equivoci — (so as) to avoid any misunderstanding, so that it will be perfectly clear
* * *1.pl. -ci, - che [e'kwivoko, tʃi, ke] aggettivo (sospetto, losco) [reputazione, condotta] suspicious, dubious; [ individuo] shady, dubious; (ambiguo) [situazione, posizione] ambiguous, equivocal2.* * *equivocopl. -ci, - che /e'kwivoko, t∫i, ke/(sospetto, losco) [reputazione, condotta] suspicious, dubious; [ individuo] shady, dubious; (ambiguo) [situazione, posizione] ambiguous, equivocal(ambiguità) ambiguity; (malinteso) misunderstanding, misinterpretation; a scanso di -ci to avoid any misunderstanding. -
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8 un tristo figuro
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9 scomunicato
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10 equivoco
[e'kwivoko] equivoco -a, -ci, -che1. agg2. sm(malinteso) misunderstandinga scanso di equivoci — (so as) to avoid any misunderstanding, so that it will be perfectly clear
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disreputable — 1710 (implied in disreputableness); see DIS (Cf. dis ) + REPUTABLE (Cf. reputable). Related: Disreputably … Etymology dictionary
disreputable — [adj] dishonorable, lowly abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, in bad, infamous, inglorious, in low esteem, in the doghouse*, lewd, libidinous,… … New thesaurus
disreputable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not respectable in appearance or character … English terms dictionary
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disreputable — disreputability, disreputableness, n. disreputably, adv. /dis rep yeuh teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom. 2. discreditable; dishonorable. 3. shabby or shoddy; of poor quality or condition:… … Universalium
disreputable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ thoroughly, very ▪ rather, slightly, vaguely … Collocations dictionary
disreputable — dis|rep|u|ta|ble [dısˈrepjutəbəl] adj considered to be dishonest, bad, illegal etc ≠ ↑reputable ▪ disreputable behavior ▪ a disreputable neighbourhood … Dictionary of contemporary English