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1 inhumanidad
f.inhumanity, cruelty.* * *1 inhumanity* * *SF inhumanity* * *femenino inhumanity* * *= inhumanity.Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *femenino inhumanity* * *= inhumanity.Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.
* * *inhumanity* * *inhumanidad nfinhumanity* * *f inhumanity* * *inhumanidad nf: inhumanity -
2 atrocidad
f.1 barbarity.me parece una atrocidad que no tengan calefacción I think it's terrible o awful that they don't have heating2 atrocity, abomination, atrocious action, barbarity.* * *1 (barbaridad) atrocity, outrage2 (disparate - acción) something stupid, foolish thing; (- dicho) silly remark, stupid remark■ es una atrocidad salir sin abrigo con el frío que hace it's madness to go out without a coat in this cold weather* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Mil etc) atrocity, outrage2) * (=tontería) foolish thing, silly thing3) * (=exageración)¡qué atrocidad! — how dreadful!, how awful!
* * *2) ( uso hiperbólico)qué atrocidad! — how atrocious! o how awful!
* * *= enormity, atrocity, awfulness, hideousness, monstrosity, outrage, inhumanity.Ex. It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.Ex. The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.Ex. But among those elements there may be something new and strange which one may not be able to assimilate oneself, as an adult, because of the sheer awfulness of the rest of the stuff.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.Ex. The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *2) ( uso hiperbólico)qué atrocidad! — how atrocious! o how awful!
* * *= enormity, atrocity, awfulness, hideousness, monstrosity, outrage, inhumanity.Ex: It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.
Ex: The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.Ex: But among those elements there may be something new and strange which one may not be able to assimilate oneself, as an adult, because of the sheer awfulness of the rest of the stuff.Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.Ex: The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *A1 (cualidad) barbarity2 (acto) atrocityB(uso hiperbólico): ¿eso le dijo? ¡qué atrocidad! he said that to her? how atrocious! o how awful!este nuevo programa es una atrocidad this new program is terrible o awful o appalling* * *
atrocidad sustantivo femenino ( cualidad) barbarity;
( acto) atrocity;◊ ¡qué atrocidad! how atrocious! o how awful!
atrocidad sustantivo femenino atrocity
' atrocidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bestialidad
- monstruosidad
English:
atrocity
- monstrosity
- outrage
- inhumanity
* * *atrocidad nf1. [cualidad] barbarity2. [acción] atrocityme parece una atrocidad que no tengan calefacción I think it's terrible o awful that they don't have heating* * *f1 atrocity2 ( disparate):decir/hacer atrocidades say/do stupid things3:una atrocidad de película/libro fam an atrocious movie/book* * *atrocidad nf: atrocity* * *atrocidad n atrocity -
3 crueldad
f.1 cruelty.2 act of cruelty.3 cruel act, cruelty.* * *1 cruelty2 (dureza) harshness, severity* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=cualidad) cruelty2) (=acción) cruelty¡es una crueldad! — that's so cruel!, it's such a cruel thing to do o say!
* * *femenino cruelty* * *= cruelty, callousness, ruthlessness, inhumanity.Ex. Cruelty TO CHILDREN is quite clearly child abuse.Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex. Aggression and ruthlessness are inappropriate in this context: the librarian must be sensitive to the realities of power and influence and be able to present library issues in a manner that demonstrates their importance to the academic community.Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *femenino cruelty* * *= cruelty, callousness, ruthlessness, inhumanity.Ex: Cruelty TO CHILDREN is quite clearly child abuse.
Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex: Aggression and ruthlessness are inappropriate in this context: the librarian must be sensitive to the realities of power and influence and be able to present library issues in a manner that demonstrates their importance to the academic community.Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *1 (cualidad) crueltyes difícil imaginar la crueldad con que los trataban it's hard to imagine just how cruelly they were treated2 (acción) crueltylas crueldades cometidas durante la guerra the cruelties o atrocities committed during the wares una crueldad privar a estos animales de su libertad it's cruel o it's cruelty to deprive these animals of their freedomCompuesto:mental cruelty* * *
crueldad sustantivo femenino
cruelty;
crueldad mental mental cruelty
crueldad sustantivo femenino cruelty
' crueldad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acusar
- sadismo
- saña
English:
ASPCA
- cruelty
- dearly
- heartlessness
- viciously
- wanton
- inhumanity
* * *crueldad nf1. [de persona, acción] cruelty;mostró una crueldad inusitada he displayed extraordinary cruelty2. [acción cruel] act of cruelty;es una crueldad abandonar animales it's cruel to abandon animals3. [del clima] harshness* * *f cruelty* * *crueldad nf: cruelty* * *crueldad n cruelty -
4 barbarie
f.1 cruelty, savagery (crueldad) (cualidad).2 barbarism (incultura).3 brutal act, atrocity, barbarity, savage act.* * *1 (rusticidad) ignorance2 (crueldad - cualidad) cruelty, savagery, brutality; (- acto) atrocity, act of cruelty* * *SF1) (=atraso) barbarism2) (=crueldad) barbarity, cruelty* * *femenino (de tribu, pueblo) barbarism, savagery; ( brutalidad) barbarity* * *= barbarism, inhumanity, barbarity.Ex. The article is entitled ' Barbarism is the absence of standards: applying standards to untangle the electronic jumble'.Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.Ex. The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.* * *femenino (de tribu, pueblo) barbarism, savagery; ( brutalidad) barbarity* * *= barbarism, inhumanity, barbarity.Ex: The article is entitled ' Barbarism is the absence of standards: applying standards to untangle the electronic jumble'.
Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.Ex: The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.* * *1 (de una tribu, un pueblo) barbarism, savageryviven aún en la barbarie they still live in a state of barbarism2 (brutalidad) barbarityla barbarie de este ataque the barbarity of this attack* * *
barbarie sustantivo femenino (de tribu, pueblo) barbarism, savagery;
( brutalidad) barbarity
barbarie sustantivo femenino savagery, cruelty
' barbarie' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
degradar
* * *barbarie nf1. [crueldad] [cualidad] cruelty, savagery;[acción] atrocity2. [incultura] barbarism* * *f barbarism* * *barbarie nf: barbarism, savagery -
5 cruel
adj.cruel.* * *► adjetivo1 (persona) cruel (con/para, to)2 (clima) harsh, severe* * *adj.* * *ADJ cruel* * *adjetivo cruella venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)
* * *= brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex. With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.----* volverse cruel = become + vicious.* * *adjetivo cruella venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)
* * *= brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
Ex: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.* volverse cruel = become + vicious.* * *cruelaquello fue una jugada cruel del destino that was a cruel twist of fatefueron muy crueles con él they were very cruel to him* * *
cruel adjetivo
cruel;
cruel adjetivo cruel
' cruel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bárbara
- bárbaro
- cebarse
- desalmada
- desalmado
- draconiana
- draconiano
- mirada
- salvaje
- sañosa
- sañoso
- sañuda
- sañudo
- truculenta
- truculento
- verduga
- verdugo
- crueldad
- inhumano
- sanguinario
English:
brutal
- callous
- cheap
- cruel
- cutthroat
- hard
- heartless
- inhuman
- savage
- unkind
- vicious
- blood
- cold
- fiend
- inhumane
- inhumanity
- outrage
* * *cruel adj1. [persona, acción] cruel;fuiste muy cruel con ella you were very cruel to her2. [dolor] excruciating, terrible3. [clima] harsh4. [duda] terrible* * *adj cruel* * *cruel adj: cruel♦ cruelmente adv* * *cruel adj cruel -
6 refinamiento
m.1 refinement.2 refining, purifying, refinement.3 extreme cruelty, viciousness, inhumanity.* * *1 (esmero) refinement2 (ensañamiento) cruelty* * *SM refinementrefinamiento por pasos — (Inform) stepwise refinement
* * *a) ( del petróleo) refiningb) (de modales, costumbres) refinement; ( de sistema) refinement* * *= graciousness.Ex. Henrietta Rood was preeminently a comfortable woman, with a certain elegance and a graciousness of heart that expressed itself in her face.----* patente de refinamiento petrolífero = refining patent.* * *a) ( del petróleo) refiningb) (de modales, costumbres) refinement; ( de sistema) refinement* * *= graciousness.Ex: Henrietta Rood was preeminently a comfortable woman, with a certain elegance and a graciousness of heart that expressed itself in her face.
* patente de refinamiento petrolífero = refining patent.* * *1 (del petróleo) refining2 (de modales, costumbres) refinement3 (de un sistema) refinement, perfecting* * *
refinamiento sustantivo masculino refinement
' refinamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
finura
- ordinariez
English:
polish
- refinement
* * *refinamiento nm1. [de petróleo, aceite, azúcar] refining2. [de objeto, sistema] refinement3. [de modales] refinement* * *m refining* * *refinamiento nm1) : refining2) finura: refinement -
7 atroz
• abominable• atrocious• dreadful• excruciating• God Almighty• God be praised• grueling• gruff• heighten• heinously• horrendous• horrible experience• inhospitality• inhumanity• ungodly -
8 enterramiento
• burial• burying• entombment• inhumanity• inhume• interment -
9 inhumación
• burial• inhumanity• inhume• interment -
10 inhumano
• cruel• inhospitably• inhospitality• inhumane• inhumanity• merciless• pitiless• ruthless -
11 mortuorio
• burial• funeral• funerary• inhumanity• inhume• morgue• mortuary
См. также в других словарях:
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inhumanity — UK [ˌɪnhjuːˈmænətɪ] / US [ˌɪnhjuˈmænətɪ] noun [uncountable] Word forms inhumanity : singular inhumanity plural inhumanities extremely cruel behaviour or actions man s inhumanity to man … English dictionary
inhumanity — n. man s inhumanity to man * * * [ˌɪnhjuː mænɪtɪ] man s inhumanity to man … Combinatory dictionary
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