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1 villain
['vilən](a person who is wicked or of very bad character: the villain of the play/story.)- villainy -
2 sour
1. adjective1) (having a taste or smell similar in nature to that of lemon juice or vinegar: Unripe apples are/taste very sour.) ξινός2) (having a similar taste as a stage in going bad: sour milk.) ξινισμένος3) ((of a person, his character etc) discontented, bad-tempered or disagreeable: She was looking very sour this morning.) στριφνός,ανάποδος2. verb(to make or become sour.) ξινίζω- sourly- sourness -
3 blacken
1) (to make or become black: The sky blackened before the storm.) σκοτεινιάζω2) (to make to seem bad: She blackened his character.) αμαυρώνω3) (to clean with black polish: He blackened his boots.) μαυρίζω, στιλβώνω -
4 disreputable
[-'repju-]1) (not respectable, especially in appearance: a disreputable old coat.) άθλιος2) (of bad reputation: He's rather a disreputable character.) ανυπόληπτος -
5 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) καταστρέφω,χαλώ,φθείρω2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) κακομαθαίνω•- spoils- spoilt
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6 Represent
v. trans.Portray: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, P. παραδεικνύναι.Represent in a bad light: P. κακῶς εἰκάζειν περί (gen.) (Plat., Rep. 377E).Represent as: P. κατασκευάζειν, Ar. and P. ἀποφαίνειν.He will represent us as drunkards and brawlers: P, ἡμᾶς... παροίνους μέν τινας καὶ ὑβριστὰς κατασκευάσει (Dem. 1261).He tried to represent that I was the cause of what occurred in Euboea: P. τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων... ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι κατεσκεύαζε (Dem. 550).He has represented the rowers one and all as bowmen: P. τοξότας γὰρ πάντας πεποίηκε τοὺς προσκώπους (Thuc. 1, 10; cf. Eur., Tro. 981).Represent by imitation: P. ἀπομιμεῖσθαι.Represent ( a character): P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Represent Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.When he represented the sorrows of Thyestes: P. ὅτε μὲν τὰ Θυέστου... κακὰ ἠγωνίζετο (Dem. 449).It is the special privilege of third-rate actors to represent kings and sceptered personages: P. ἐξαίρετόν ἐστιν ὥσπερ γέρας τοῖς τριταγωνισταῖς τὸ τοὺς τυράννους καὶ τοὺς τὰ σκῆπτρα ἔχοντας εἰσιέναι (Dem. 418).Suggest: Ar. and P. εἰσηγεῖσθαι; suggest.Represent a person, look after his interests: P. and V. προξενεῖν (gen.).Champion: P. and V. προστατεῖν (gen.).I as representing the greatest city ask you to come to terms: P. ἐγὼ... πόλιν μεγίστην παρεχόμενος... ἀξιῶ... συγχωρεῖν (Thuc. 4, 64).I came forward though with no mandate to represent our house: V. ἐξῆλθον οὐ ταχθεῖσα πρεσβεύειν γένους (Eur., Herac. 479).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Represent
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