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monstrous* * *mostruoso agg.1 monstrous (anche fig.): delitto mostruoso, monstrous crime; vizi mostruosi, monstrous vices; è mostruoso che sia permessa una cosa simile!, it is monstrous that such a thing should be allowed!; la sua crudeltà è veramente mostruosa, his cruelty is really monstrous2 (enorme) enormous, huge: un errore mostruoso, a huge (o an enormous) mistake // un'intelligenza mostruosa, tremendous intelligence.* * *[mostru'oso]1) (scioccante) [idea, crimine, crudeltà] monstrous2) (orrendo) [persona, aspetto] freakish, hideous4) (eccezionale) [ intelligenza] exceptional* * *mostruoso/mostru'oso/1 (scioccante) [idea, crimine, crudeltà] monstrous2 (orrendo) [persona, aspetto] freakish, hideous4 (eccezionale) [ intelligenza] exceptional. -
3 gigantesco
(pl -chi) gigantic* * *gigantesco agg. gigantic, colossal, huge (anche fig.): ha un appetito gigantesco, he has a gigantic (o an enormous) appetite; è un edificio gigantesco, it's a gigantic (o colossal) building.* * *pl. - schi, - sche [dʒigan'tesko, ski, ske] aggettivo [statura, costruzione] gigantic; [lavoro, sforzo] huge, monstrous, monster attrib.* * *gigantesco[statura, costruzione] gigantic; [lavoro, sforzo] huge, monstrous, monster attrib. -
4 osceno
obscene* * *osceno agg.1 obscene, indecent, lewd, bawdy: canzone oscena, bawdy (o obscene) song; un film osceno, an obscene (o fam. a dirty) film; quadro osceno, obscene picture; linguaggio osceno, obscene language; un'espressione oscena, a lewd expression; proposta oscena, indecent proposal // (dir.) atti osceni, indecent behaviour; ( in luogo pubblico) indecent exposure2 ( orribile) horrible, obscene, monstrous: si trucca il viso in modo osceno, her make-up is horrible; un edificio osceno, a monstrous (o an obscene) building.* * *[oʃ'ʃɛno]1) (sconcio) [ atti] indecent; [film, spettacolo] indecent, obscene; [ barzelletta] dirty; [linguaggio, parole] obscene, dirty, filthy2) (orribile) horrible, nasty, awful* * *osceno/o∫'∫εno/1 (sconcio) [ atti] indecent; [film, spettacolo] indecent, obscene; [ barzelletta] dirty; [linguaggio, parole] obscene, dirty, filthy2 (orribile) horrible, nasty, awful. -
5 enorme
enormous* * *enorme agg.1 huge, enormous: un'enorme costruzione, a huge building2 (fig.) huge; tremendous; ( assurdo) absurd; ( oltraggioso) outrageous, shocking: hai fatto l'enorme sbaglio di dire tutto, you made the huge mistake of saying everything; ha avuto delle enormi difficoltà, he's had enormous (o tremendous) difficulties; è veramente un'ingiustizia enorme, it really is a monstrous (o shocking) injustice.* * *[e'norme, e'nɔrme]1) (per dimensione, quantità) [casa, oggetto, paese] huge, enormous; [ somma] huge, vast, great2) (per intensità, ampiezza) [scandalo, successo] huge, tremendous; [problema, sforzo] tremendous, enormous; [errore, stupidaggine] terrible* * *enorme/e'norme, e'nɔrme/1 (per dimensione, quantità) [casa, oggetto, paese] huge, enormous; [ somma] huge, vast, great2 (per intensità, ampiezza) [scandalo, successo] huge, tremendous; [problema, sforzo] tremendous, enormous; [errore, stupidaggine] terrible. -
6 immane
immane agg.1 (letter.) (enorme) huge, enormous2 (spaventoso) terrible, dreadful, appalling; monstrous: fu una immane tragedia, it was an appalling tragedy.* * *[im'mane]aggettivo (spaventoso) terrible, dreadful* * *immane/im'mane/(spaventoso) terrible, dreadful. -
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agg [mostru'oso] mostruoso (-a)
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