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1 miseria
f ( povertà) poverty( infelicità) miserycostare una miseria cost next to nothing* * *miseria s.f.1 (estrema povertà) poverty, destitution: vivere nella miseria, to live in poverty; andare in miseria, to fall into poverty; (o destitution); essere ridotto in miseria, to be reduced to destitution (o poverty o fam. to be down and out) // piangere miseria, to plead (o to complain of) poverty // miseria nera, dire poverty // porca miseria!, miseria ladra!, damn (it)! (o blast!)2 (meschinità) meanness, vileness: la sua miseria d'animo mi disgusta, his meanness disgusts me; miseria morale, intellettuale, moral, intellectual impoverishment3 (inezia) trifle; (esiguità) pittance: questo vaso costa una miseria, this vase only costs a trifle; l'ho comprato per una miseria, (fam.) I bought it for a song; litigare per una miseria, to quarrel over nothing (o a trifle); guadagnare una miseria, to work for a mere pittance4 pl. (disgrazie) misfortunes, troubles: le miserie della vita, the troubles (o misfortunes) of life5 (bot.) (erba) miseria, (Tradescantia vulgaris) spiderwort; (Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris) pennywort, Venus's navelwort.* * *[mi'zɛrja]sostantivo femminile1) (povertà) poverty, destitutionvivere nella miseria — to live in poverty o squalor
cadere in miseria — to fall on hard times, to become destitute
piangere miseria — to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth AE colloq.
2) (grettezza) meanness, baseness3) (sventura)costare una miseria — to cost a trifle o next to nothing
••porca miseria! — holy cow o smoke! damn it!
* * *miseria/mi'zεrja/sostantivo f.1 (povertà) poverty, destitution; vivere nella miseria to live in poverty o squalor; cadere in miseria to fall on hard times, to become destitute; essere ridotto in miseria to be reduced to poverty; piangere miseria to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth AE colloq.2 (grettezza) meanness, baseness; nascondere le proprie -e to conceal one's baseness3 (sventura) le -e della vita the troubles of life4 (somma ridicola) guadagnare una miseria to earn a mere pittance; la pagano una miseria she's paid peanuts; costare una miseria to cost a trifle o next to nothingper la miseria! good heavens! porca miseria! holy cow o smoke! damn it! -
2 bassezza
f lownessfig (viltà, azione meschina) vileness* * *bassezza s.f.1 (non com.) lowness* * *[bas'settsa]sostantivo femminile1) (l'essere basso) (di acqua) shallowness2) fig. (carattere vile) baseness, meanness3) (azione vile) base act, mean action* * *bassezza/bas'settsa/sostantivo f.1 (l'essere basso) (di acqua) shallowness2 fig. (carattere vile) baseness, meanness3 (azione vile) base act, mean action. -
3 turpitudine
* * *[turpi'tudine]sostantivo femminile turpitude, foulness* * *turpitudine/turpi'tudine/sostantivo f.turpitude, foulness. -
4 bassezza sf
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5 abiettezza
abiettezza s.f. despicableness, contemptibility, baseness. -
6 bassura
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7 bassezza
sf [bas'settsa](d'animo, di sentimenti) baseness, (azione) base action
См. также в других словарях:
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baseness — index abuse (corrupt practice), bad character, corruption, degradation, delinquency (misconduct), discredit, disgrace … Law dictionary
baseness — 1550s, from BASE (Cf. base) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
baseness — Ⅰ. base [1] ► NOUN 1) the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests. 2) a foundation, support, or starting point: the town s economic base collapsed. 3) the main place where a person works or stays. 4) a centre of… … English terms dictionary
baseness — noun see base III … New Collegiate Dictionary
baseness — See basely. * * * … Universalium
baseness — noun a) The quality or condition of being base. b) The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value. Syn: amorality, crass, depravity Ant: honor … Wiktionary
baseness — Synonyms and related words: abjectness, abominability, abominableness, arrantness, atrociousness, awfulness, badness, beastliness, beggarliness, bestiality, brutality, chicanery, coarseness, commonness, commonplaceness, contemptibility,… … Moby Thesaurus
baseness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. meanness, debasement, degeneracy; see evil 1 , meanness 1 , rudeness … English dictionary for students
baseness — base·ness || beɪsnɪs n. lowness, meanness, ignobility … English contemporary dictionary
baseness — n. 1. Meanness, despicableness, contemptibleness, abasement, worthlessness, abjectness. 2. Disgrace, ignominy, infamy, shame, dishonor, turpitude, villany, perfidy … New dictionary of synonyms
