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formidable+task

  • 61 daunt

    [do:nt]
    (to make someone lose courage or confidence: I was quite daunted by the formidable task ahead of us.) zastrašiť, odradiť
    * * *
    • zastrašit
    • odradit

    English-Slovak dictionary > daunt

  • 62 daunt

    [do:nt]
    (to make someone lose courage or confidence: I was quite daunted by the formidable task ahead of us.)

    English-Romanian dictionary > daunt

  • 63 daunt

    [do:nt]
    (to make someone lose courage or confidence: I was quite daunted by the formidable task ahead of us.) αποθαρρύνω,αποκαρδιώνω

    English-Greek dictionary > daunt

  • 64 daunt

    [do:nt]
    (to make someone lose courage or confidence: I was quite daunted by the formidable task ahead of us.)

    English-French dictionary > daunt

  • 65 daunt

    [do:nt]
    (to make someone lose courage or confidence: I was quite daunted by the formidable task ahead of us.)

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > daunt

  • 66 awesome

    adjective (causing awe: The waterfall was awe-inspiring; an awesome sight.) estremecedor, que infunde temor/respeto, que pone la piel de gallina
    tr['ɔːsʌm]
    1 imponente
    2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL familiar alucinante
    awesome ['ɔsəm] adj
    1) imposing: imponente, formidable
    2) amazing: asombroso
    adj.
    • asombroso, -a adj.
    • aterrador adj.
    • pasmoso, -a adj.
    • terrible adj.
    'ɔːsəm
    a) imponente, formidable
    b) (as interj) (AmE) impresionante!
    ['ɔːsǝm]
    ADJ
    1) (=impressive) [sight, beauty] impresionante, imponente; [achievement] impresionante
    2) (=huge) [task, responsibility] abrumador
    3) (esp US) * (=excellent) formidable
    * * *
    ['ɔːsəm]
    a) imponente, formidable
    b) (as interj) (AmE) impresionante!

    English-spanish dictionary > awesome

  • 67 arduous

    1. a трудный, напряжённый
    2. a энергичный; неутомимый; напряжённый
    3. a крутой, труднодоступный

    an arduous hill — крутая гора, крутой подъём

    Синонимический ряд:
    1. hard (adj.) backbreaking; burdensome; demanding; difficile; difficult; effortful; exacting; exhausting; formidable; hard; harsh; heavy; knotty; labored; laborious; onerous; operose; oppressive; rigorous; rough; rugged; serious; severe; slavish; sticky; taxing; terrible; tight; toilful; toilsome; tough; tricksy; trying; uphill; wearisome; weighty
    2. steep (adj.) abrupt; acclivitous; bold; high; precipitate; precipitous; sheer; sideling; steep; steepdown; steep-to; steep-up
    3. strenuous (adj.) emphatic; energetic; fatiguing; Herculean; intense; overwhelming; strenuous; vigorous; vigourous
    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > arduous

  • 68 forbidding

    adjective (rather frightening: a forbidding appearance.) severo, imponente
    tr[fə'bɪdɪŋ]
    1 (stern) severo,-a; (unfriendly) formidable; (dangerous) peligroso,-a
    forbidding [fər'bɪdɪŋ] adj
    1) imposing: imponente
    2) disagreeable: desagradable, ingrato
    3) grim: severo
    adj.
    • acorazado, -a adj.
    • amenazante adj.
    • prohibitivo, -a adj.
    • repugnante adj.
    fər'bɪdɪŋ, fə'bɪdɪŋ
    adjective <person/look> adusto, severo, que intimida; < landscape> imponente
    [fǝ'bɪdɪŋ]
    ADJ [person, manner] severo, intimidante; [place, building, room] imponente, intimidante; [landscape] inhóspito; [task] ingente, arduo
    * * *
    [fər'bɪdɪŋ, fə'bɪdɪŋ]
    adjective <person/look> adusto, severo, que intimida; < landscape> imponente

    English-spanish dictionary > forbidding

  • 69 harder

    труднее; более трудный
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. firmer (adj.) firmer; more resistant; solider
    2. grimmer (adj.) bitterer; bleaker; dourer; grimmer; harsher; more austere; more dour; more stringent; rougher
    3. hardier (adj.) hardier; more casehardened; more hardened; more rugged; tougher
    4. heavier (adj.) heavier; heftier; more powerful
    5. more actual (adj.) more actual; more factual
    6. more arduous (adj.) more arduous; more difficile; more effortful; more labored; more operose; more serious; more slavish; more strenuous; more terrible; more toilful; more toilsome; more uphill; stickier
    7. more insensible (adj.) duller; more anesthetic; more bloodless; more impassible; more insensate; more insensible; more insensitive; rockier
    8. more intensive (adj.) deeper; more blood-and-guts; more intense; more intensive; more profound
    9. more realistic (adj.) earthier; more down-to-earth; more hard-boiled; more hardheaded; more hard-headed; more matter-of-fact; more objective; more practic; more practical; more pragmatic; more pragmatical; more realistic; more tough-minded; more unfantastic; more unidealistic; more unromantic; more unsentimental; more utilitarian; soberer
    10. more spirituous (adj.) more alcoholic; more ardent; more spirituous; stronger
    11. more taxing (adj.) knottier; more backbreaking; more burdensome; more demanding; more difficult; more exacting; more formidable; more laborious; more onerous; more oppressive; more taxing; more trying; tougher; weightier
    12. severer (adj.) more bitter; more brutal; more inclement; more intemperate; more rigorous; severer
    13. more forcefully (other) hammer and tongs; more energetically; more forcefully; more mightily; more vigorously; with might and main

    English-Russian base dictionary > harder

  • 70 Herculean

    1. a геркулесов
    2. a исполинский; очень сильный
    3. a очень трудный; опасный
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. powerful (adj.) brawny; hale; hardy; healthy; hearty; mighty; powerful; strong
    2. very difficult (adj.) arduous; colossal; demanding; difficult; formidable; heavy; strenuous; titanic; very difficult

    English-Russian base dictionary > Herculean

  • 71 uphill

    1. n подъём
    2. a идущий в гору

    he always falls behind when we are going uphill — когда мы идём в гору, он всегда отстаёт

    3. a трудный, тяжёлый
    4. adv в гору
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. ascending (adj.) ascending; climbing; escalating; mounting; rising; skyward; toward the crest; up; upward
    2. hard (adj.) arduous; difficile; difficult; effortful; formidable; hard; heavy; knotty; labored; laborious; operose; rough; rugged; serious; severe; slavish; sticky; strenuous; terrible; toilful; toilsome; tough

    English-Russian base dictionary > uphill

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