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1 conscience-stricken
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2 conscience-stricken adj
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3 ♦ conscience
♦ conscience /ˈkɒnʃns/n. [cu]coscienza: to have a clear conscience, avere la coscienza tranquilla; to have a guilty conscience, avere la coscienza sporca; to have st. on one's conscience, avere qc. sulla coscienza; to have no conscience, essere senza coscienza; essere senza scrupoli; to set one's conscience at rest, mettersi la coscienza in pace; a matter of conscience, un caso di coscienza● (leg.) conscience clause, clausola di riserva morale □ conscience money, somma di denaro che si paga o restituisce (spec. nell'anonimato: per es., in riparazione d'una evasione fiscale) □ conscience-smitten (o conscience-stricken), preso dal rimorso; pentito □ for conscience' sake, per scrupolo di coscienza □ in all conscience, in coscienza; (fam.) in verità. -
4 wretched wretch·ed adj
['rɛtʃɪd]1) (house, conditions) misero (-a), disgraziato (-a), (life) gramo (-a), (pittance) misero (-a), (unhappy, depressed) infelice, tristeI feel wretched — (fam: ill) sto malissimo
the outlook for these wretched people is grim — le prospettive per questi disgraziati sono ben tristi
2) (fam: very bad: weather, behaviour) pessimo (-a), atroce, (holiday) orrendo (-a), orribile, (results) pessimo (-a), (child) pestifero (-a)I feel wretched about it — (fam: conscience-stricken) mi sento un verme
См. также в других словарях:
conscience-stricken — conscience .stricken adj feeling very guilty about something that you have done wrong ▪ Kate hurried home, conscience stricken at leaving her mother alone … Dictionary of contemporary English
conscience-stricken — index contrite, penitent, remorseful, repentant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
conscience-stricken — conscience ,stricken adjective feeling guilty about something wrong you have done … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
conscience-stricken — [kän′shənsstrik΄ən] adj. feeling guilty or remorseful because of having done some wrong … English World dictionary
conscience-stricken — adj ashamed, sorry, contrite, guilt ridden, guilty, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, disturbed, troubled FORMAL compunctious COLLOQ. on a guilt trip ≠ unashamed, unrepentant * * * adj : feeling very bad or guilty because of something… … Useful english dictionary
conscience-stricken — also conscience smitten adjective very sorry that you have done something wrong: Kate hurried home, conscience stricken at leaving her mother alone … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
conscience-stricken — adjective the conscience stricken teens who set fire to the gazebo Syn: guilt ridden, remorseful, ashamed, shamefaced, apologetic, sorry; chastened, contrite, guilty, regretful, rueful, repentant, penitent, abashed, sheepish, compunctious Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
conscience-stricken person — index penitent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
conscience stricken — Synonyms and related words: ashamed, conscience smitten, full of remorse, regretful, remorseful, repining, rueful, self accusing, self condemning, self convicting, self debasing, self flagellating, self humiliating, self punishing, self… … Moby Thesaurus
conscience-stricken — /ˈkɒnʃəns strɪkən/ (say konshuhns strikuhn) adjective remorseful; disturbed by the knowledge of having acted wrongfully. Also, conscience smitten …
conscience-stricken — /kon sheuhns strik euhn/, adj. greatly troubled or disturbed by the knowledge of having acted wrongfully. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium