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1 mollesse
mollesse [mɔlεs]feminine noun[de marché] sluggishness• il est d'une mollesse ! he's so slow!* * *mɔlɛs1) ( caractère moelleux) softness2) ( de chair) flabbiness; ( de trait du visage) weakness3) ( de personne) listlessness; ( de poignée de main) limpness4) ( manque d'autorité)la mollesse du gouvernement face aux manifestants — the government's failure to stand up to the demonstrators
5) fig (de personne, réponse) lack of conviction; (d'idée, de style) woolliness; ( d'opposition) weakness; ( de croissance) sluggishness* * *mɔlɛs nfSee:1) [matelas] softness3) [résistance, protestation] feebleness* * *mollesse nf1 ( caractère moelleux) softness;2 ( manque de tenue) ( de chair) flabbiness; ( de cheveux) limpness; ( de trait du visage) weakness;3 ( apathie) (de personne, d'élève) listlessness; ( de poignée de main) limpness; mollesse d'une démarche languid way of moving;4 ( manque d'autorité) la mollesse d'un père envers ses enfants a father's soft treatment of his children; la mollesse de qn face à qn sb's failure to stand up to sb; il a réagi avec trop de mollesse face à la crise he was too soft in handling the crisis;5 ( manque de conviction) (de personne, réponse) lack of conviction; ( d'idéologie) laxness; (d'idée, de style) woolliness; (d'opposition, interprétation, de discours) weakness; (de reprise, croissance) sluggishness.[mɔlɛs] nom féminin1. [d'une substance, d'un objet] softness[des chairs] flabbiness[d'une poignée de main] limpness2. [d'un relief] soft shape[de contours]c'est la mollesse des parents/de l'opposition qui est en cause parental laxness/the opposition's spinelessness is to blame -
2 avachissement
[avaʃismɑ̃] nom masculin1. [perte de tenue - d'un tissu] becoming limp, losing (its) shape ; [ - de chaussures] wearing out ; [ - d'un canapé] starting to sag ; [ - d'une forme] collapsing ; [ - de ressorts, des muscles] slackening[état déformé] limp ou worn-down appearance2. [perte de courage - physique] going limp ; [ - moral] loss of moral fibre3. [état physique - temporaire] limpness ; [ - permanent] flabbiness[découragement] loss of moral fibre[veulerie] spinelessness
См. также в других словарях:
Limpness — Limp ness, n. The quality or state of being limp. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
limpness — Ⅰ. limp [1] ► VERB 1) walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. 2) (of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ a limping gait. ORIGIN related to obsolete limphalt «lame». Ⅱ … English terms dictionary
limpness — noun see limp III … New Collegiate Dictionary
limpness — See limply. * * * … Universalium
limpness — noun Property of being limp … Wiktionary
limpness — limp·ness || lɪmpnɪs n. droopiness, lack of stiffness; lack of energy; frailness, weakness … English contemporary dictionary
limpness — limp·ness … English syllables
limpness — noun a flabby softness • Syn: ↑flabbiness, ↑flaccidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑flaccid (for: ↑flaccidity), ↑flabby (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
limp — Ⅰ. limp [1] ► VERB 1) walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. 2) (of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ a limping gait. ORIGIN related to obsolete limphalt «lame». Ⅱ … English terms dictionary
limply — Ⅰ. limp [1] ► VERB 1) walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. 2) (of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ a limping gait. ORIGIN related to obsolete limphalt «lame». Ⅱ … English terms dictionary
flabbiness — noun a flabby softness • Syn: ↑limpness, ↑flaccidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑flaccid (for: ↑flaccidity), ↑flabby, ↑limp ( … Useful english dictionary