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sharp+rebuke

  • 1 резкий упрек

    Русско-английский политический словарь > резкий упрек

  • 2 rimprovero

    m scolding
    dal capo reprimand
    rimproveri pl reproaches
    * * *
    rimprovero s.m. reproach; reproof, rebuke; ( ufficiale) reprimand; ( sgridata) scolding: un amaro rimprovero, a bitter reproach; un aspro rimprovero, a sharp rebuke (o reprimand); uno sguardo di rimprovero, a look of reproach; ricevette un bel rimprovero da sua madre, he got a frightful scolding from his mother (o fam. he got a frightful telling-off from his mother); muovere un rimprovero a qlcu., to reproach (o to scold o to rebuke o to reprove) s.o.
    * * *
    [rim'prɔvero]
    sostantivo maschile reproach, scolding

    fare dei -i a qcn. — to reproach sb.

    di rimprovero — [tono, sguardo] reproachful

    * * *
    rimprovero
    /rim'prɔvero/
    sostantivo m.
    reproach, scolding; fare dei -i a qcn. to reproach sb.; ricevere dei -i to be criticized; di rimprovero [tono, sguardo] reproachful.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rimprovero

  • 3 нелицеприятный упрёк

    General subject: scathing rebuke, sharp rebuke

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нелицеприятный упрёк

  • 4 резкий упрёк

    2) Jargon: slap in the face

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > резкий упрёк

  • 5 sofión

    m.
    hoot.
    * * *
    1 (bufido) snort, bellow
    2 (reprensión) scolding
    3 (trabuco) blunderbuss
    * * *
    SM (=bufido) angry snort; (=reprimenda) sharp rebuke; (=réplica) sharp retort

    Spanish-English dictionary > sofión

  • 6 гневный упрёк

    General subject: sharp rebuke

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > гневный упрёк

  • 7 резкое порицание

    1) General subject: crimination
    2) Jargon: slap in the face (A sharp rebuke or rebuff.)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > резкое порицание

  • 8 рознос

    ч
    1) ( товарів) earring; ( листів) delivery
    2) ( суворе повчання) severe reprimand, dressing down, rating, blowing-up; sharp rebuke

    Українсько-англійський словник > рознос

  • 9 sferzata

    sferzata s.f.
    1 lash
    2 (fig.) stinging blow, sharp rebuke: quel rimprovero è stato una sferzata per lui, the criticism came as a stinging blow to him.
    * * *
    [sfer'tsata]
    sostantivo femminile
    1) lash
    2) fig. lashing
    * * *
    sferzata
    /sfer'tsata/
    sostantivo f.
     1 lash
     2 fig. lashing.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sferzata

  • 10 разнос

    разг.
    1) carrying; delivery (писем и т.п.)
    2) (выговор)
    rating, dressing (down), blowing-up; sharp rebuke
    * * *
    carrying; delivery
    * * *
    excoriation
    racing

    Новый русско-английский словарь > разнос

  • 11 разнос

    муж.; разг.
    1) carrying; delivery (писем и т.п.)
    rating, dressing (down), blowing-up; sharp rebuke

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > разнос

  • 12 ארמיותא

    אֲרַמְיוּתָאf. (preced.) gentile ways, Romedom, idolatry, Meg.III (IV), 9 (25a) whoever translates (Lev. 18:21), ‘Of thy seed thou shalt give none לאעברא בא׳ (Ms. Lond. לאעבורי אומיתא, v. Var. in Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to become with child in Romedom (identifying Molokh with Rome and misinterpreting lhaăbir for the purpose of making it applicable to sexual connection with Romans) must be silenced with a sharp rebuke (v. נְזִיפָה); cmp. Targ. Y. Lev. l. c.Ab. Zar.70a כד הוינן בארמיותן (Ms. M. הואי בגיותא) when we were yet in our heathendom (prior to our conversion).

    Jewish literature > ארמיותא

  • 13 אֲרַמְיוּתָא

    אֲרַמְיוּתָאf. (preced.) gentile ways, Romedom, idolatry, Meg.III (IV), 9 (25a) whoever translates (Lev. 18:21), ‘Of thy seed thou shalt give none לאעברא בא׳ (Ms. Lond. לאעבורי אומיתא, v. Var. in Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to become with child in Romedom (identifying Molokh with Rome and misinterpreting lhaăbir for the purpose of making it applicable to sexual connection with Romans) must be silenced with a sharp rebuke (v. נְזִיפָה); cmp. Targ. Y. Lev. l. c.Ab. Zar.70a כד הוינן בארמיותן (Ms. M. הואי בגיותא) when we were yet in our heathendom (prior to our conversion).

    Jewish literature > אֲרַמְיוּתָא

  • 14 agudo

    adj.
    1 sharp, smart, keen, astute.
    2 intense, severe, fierce, excruciating.
    3 high-pitched, sharp, shrill, piping.
    4 acute, clever, keen, insightful.
    5 witty, clever.
    6 pointed, acute, sharp-edged.
    7 acute.
    8 oxytone, accented in the last syllable, oxytonic, with a stronger phonetic accent on last syllable.
    Acordeón es una palabra aguda "Acordeon" is accented in the last syllable...
    m.
    high-pitch note, treble.
    * * *
    1 (afilado) sharp
    2 (dolor) acute
    4 figurado (sentido) sharp, keen
    5 (voz) high-pitched
    6 (sonido) treble, high
    7 LINGÚÍSTICA (palabra) oxytone; (acento) acute
    * * *
    (f. - aguda)
    adj.
    1) sharp, acute
    2) high, high-pitched
    3) clever, witty
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=afilado) [filo] sharp; [instrumento] sharp, pointed
    2) (=intenso) [enfermedad, dolor] acute; [acento] acute
    3) [ángulo] acute
    4) (=incisivo) [mente, sentido] sharp, keen; [ingenio] ready, lively; [crítica] penetrating; [observación] smart, clever; [pregunta] acute, searching
    5) (=gracioso) witty
    6) (Mús) [nota] high, high-pitched; [voz, sonido] piercing
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <filo/punta> sharp
    b) < ángulo> acute
    2)
    a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> high
    b) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharp
    c) < crisis> severe
    d) <aumento/descenso> sharp
    3)
    a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewd
    b) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> witty
    c) <sentido/instinto> sharp
    4) < palabra> stressed on the last syllable; < acento> acute
    * * *
    = keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].
    Ex. Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.
    Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.
    Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex. As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex. So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.
    ----
    * acento agudo = acute.
    * de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.
    * dolor agudo = twinge.
    * Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.
    * infección aguda = acute infection.
    * miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.
    * SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <filo/punta> sharp
    b) < ángulo> acute
    2)
    a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> high
    b) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharp
    c) < crisis> severe
    d) <aumento/descenso> sharp
    3)
    a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewd
    b) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> witty
    c) <sentido/instinto> sharp
    4) < palabra> stressed on the last syllable; < acento> acute
    * * *
    = keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].

    Ex: Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.

    Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.
    Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex: So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.
    * acento agudo = acute.
    * de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.
    * dolor agudo = twinge.
    * Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.
    * infección aguda = acute infection.
    * miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.
    * SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

    * * *
    agudo -da
    A
    1 ‹filo/punta› sharp
    2 ‹ángulo› acute
    B
    1 ‹voz› high-pitched; (irritante) shrill; ‹sonido› high-pitched; (irritante) piercing; ‹nota› high
    2 ‹dolor› (duradero) intense, acute; (momentáneo) sharp
    3 ‹crisis› severe
    4 ‹aumento/descenso› sharp
    un agudo descenso del índice de mortalidad a sharp fall in the death rate
    C
    1 (perspicaz) ‹persona› quick-witted, sharp; ‹observación/comentario› shrewd; ‹pregunta› shrewd, searching
    2 (gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty
    3 ‹vista› sharp; ‹oído› sharp, acute; ‹sentido/instinto› keen, sharp
    D
    1 ‹palabra› stressed on the last syllable
    2 ‹acento› acute
    * * *

     

    agudo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹filo/punta› sharp

    b) ‹ ángulo› acute

    2
    a) ‹voz/sonido› high-pitched;

    ‹ nota› high
    b) ‹ dolor› ( duradero) intense, acute;

    ( momentáneo) sharp
    c) ‹ crisis› severe

    d) ‹aumento/descenso› sharp

    3

    ‹ comentario› shrewd
    b) ( gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty

    c) ‹sentido/instinto› sharp

    agudo,-a adjetivo
    1 (sensación, enfermedad) acute
    2 (tono de voz) high-pitched
    (sonido) treble, high
    3 (ingenioso) witty
    4 (oído, vista, olfato) sharp, keen
    ' agudo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguda
    - fina
    - fino
    - ingeniosa
    - ingenioso
    - lista
    - listo
    - sagaz
    - estridente
    - ladino
    - pinchazo
    - pitido
    - quejido
    English:
    acute
    - crack
    - high
    - high-pitched
    - keen
    - piping
    - quick
    - quick-witted
    - raging
    - sharp
    - shrill
    - witty
    - yap
    * * *
    agudo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [filo, punta] sharp
    2. [vista, olfato] keen
    3. [crisis, problema, enfermedad] serious, acute
    4. [dolor] intense;
    sentí un dolor agudo al mover el brazo I felt a sharp pain when I moved my arm
    5. [sonido, voz] high, high-pitched
    6. [perspicaz] [persona] sharp, shrewd;
    [ingenio] keen, sharp
    7. [ingenioso] witty;
    estás muy agudo you're on form o very witty today;
    Irónico
    ¡muy agudo! [cuando algo no es gracioso] very clever o funny!;
    [cuando algo es evidente] very observant!
    8. Gram [palabra] stressed on the last syllable
    9. Gram [tilde] acute
    ♦ nm
    agudos [sonidos] treble
    * * *
    adj
    1 acute
    2 ( afilado) sharp
    3 sonido high-pitched
    4 ( perspicaz) sharp
    :
    acento agudo acute accent
    * * *
    agudo, -da adj
    1) : acute, sharp
    2) : shrill, high-pitched
    3) perspicaz: clever, shrewd
    * * *
    agudo adj
    1. (en general) sharp
    2. (sonido, voz) high / high pitched
    3. (ángulo, dolor) acute
    4. (comentario) witty [comp. wittier; superl. wittiest]
    5. (sentido) keen
    "sofá" es una palabra aguda the accent is on the last syllable in "sofá"

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudo

  • 15 skarp

    acrid, acute, alert, apt, barbed, clear-cut, cutting, fierce, keen, lurid, piquant, pungent, sharp, tight, waspish
    * * *
    I. (en)
    (æg) edge.
    II. adj sharp,
    ( stærkere, F) keen ( fx knife, edge),
    (fig) keen ( fx eye, hearing, sight, intelligence),
    F acute;
    ( tilspidset) sharp ( fx corner), pointed;
    ( tydelig) sharp ( fx image), clear-cut ( fx features, profile, division);
    ( hvas, streng) sharp ( fx tone, tongue, rebuke), keen ( fx satire), severe ( fx rebuke),
    ( bidende) biting, cutting ( fx reply, satire);
    ( om smag) sharp,
    F pungent,
    ( bidende skarp) acrid;
    ( om frost, vind) keen, piercing;
    (se også skarpt);
    ( om ammunition) live ( fx ammunition, cartridge), ball ( fx
    cartridge);
    [ skarpt skud] round;
    [ skyde med skarpt] fire live cartridges;
    [ med sb:]
    [ skarpt angreb] violent attack;
    [ under skarp bevogtning] closely guarded;
    [ have et skarpt blik for] have a keen eye for;
    [ skarp drejning] sharp turn;
    [ skarp forfølgelse] close (el. hot) pursuit;
    [ skarpe forholdsregler] severe (el. harsh) measures;
    [ skarp grænse] sharp (el. well-defined) limit (, boundary);
    [ skarp iagttager] keen (, F: acute) observer;
    [ skarp kant] sharp edge;
    (fig) be abrasive;
    [ skarp konkurrence] keen competition;
    [ skarp kontrast] sharp contrast;
    [ skarp lyd] piercing (el. shrill) sound;
    [ skarpt lys] glaring light;
    [ skarp ost] strong cheese;
    [ skarp stemme] sharp voice,
    ( skurrende) rasping (el. harsh) voice,
    ( skinger) strident voice;
    [ i skarpt trav] at a smart trot;
    [ holde skarpt udkig] keep a sharp look-out;
    (se også forhør, lud, parentes).

    Danish-English dictionary > skarp

  • 16 mordaz

    adj.
    1 caustic, biting.
    2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.
    3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.
    * * *
    1 mordant, sarcastic
    * * *
    adj.
    sarcastic, biting
    * * *
    ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    ----
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.

    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

    * * *
    ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing
    * * *

    mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
    ‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
    mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
    ' mordaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corrosiva
    - corrosivo
    - afilado
    English:
    abrasive
    - acid
    - barbed
    - biting
    - caustic
    - cutting
    - damning
    - denunciation
    - incisive
    - pointed
    - scathing
    - sharp
    - dry
    - dryness
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    caustic
    * * *
    adj biting, sharp
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    : caustic, scathing

    Spanish-English dictionary > mordaz

  • 17 incisivo

    adj.
    1 incisive, sharp, acute, cutting.
    Las chicas se abalanzaron al hoyo The girls jumped blindly into the hole.
    2 incisive, acute, clever, cutting.
    Las chicas se abalanzaron al hoyo The girls jumped blindly into the hole.
    3 insightful, keen.
    m.
    incisor, front tooth, incisive tooth, dens acutus.
    * * *
    1 (instrumento) cutting, sharp
    2 figurado (persona, humor) incisive, mordant
    1 (diente) incisor
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=cortante) sharp, cutting
    2) (=mordaz) incisive
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    a) < instrumento> cutting
    b) <crítica/discurso> incisive
    II
    masculino incisor
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    a) < instrumento> cutting
    b) <crítica/discurso> incisive
    II
    masculino incisor
    * * *
    incisivo1
    1 = trenchant, stinging, razor-sharp, waspish.

    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: I've always wondered how samurai sword makers made their swords razor-sharp.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.

    incisivo2
    2 = incisor, front tooth.

    Ex: His teeth grew into razor fangs with two large incisors sticking out above the rest like a wolf.

    Ex: Your canine teeth are the pointy ones next to your front teeth.

    * * *
    incisivo1 -va
    1 ‹instrumento› cutting
    2 ‹crítica/discurso› incisive
    incisor
    * * *

    incisivo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (comentario, persona) incisive, cutting
    2 (instrumento, arma) sharp
    II m Anat incisor
    ' incisivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    incisiva
    - pala
    English:
    front tooth
    - incisive
    - incisor
    * * *
    incisivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [instrumento] sharp, cutting
    2. [diente]
    3. [mordaz] incisive
    ♦ nm
    [diente] incisor
    * * *
    adj cutting; fig
    incisive;
    * * *
    incisivo, -va adj
    : incisive
    : incisor

    Spanish-English dictionary > incisivo

  • 18 skrap

    * * *
    adj
    ( streng, hård) hard ( fx discipline, father, master),
    ( stærkere) severe ( fx criticism, father, laws, measures, rules),
    ( skrap og ufølsom) harsh ( fx critic, discipline, father, judge),
    F rigorous ( fx discipline, peace terms);
    ( i ord) sharp ( fx rebuke) ( over for with, fx don't be so sharp with him),
    ( hvas i munden) sharp-tongued;
    ( vanskelig, ubehagelig) severe ( fx test),
    T tough ( fx job), stiff ( fx examination, letter, penalty), sticky
    ( fx job);
    ( urimelig) stiff ( fx demand, price);
    ( vovet) risky, spicy ( fx stories);
    ( kraftig, stærk) stiff ( fx dose),
    ( kraftigt virkende) drastic ( fx remedy);
    ( om kulde) sharp, hard,
    ( stærkere) severe;
    ( dygtig) sharp, smart ( til at);
    [ skrap farve] harsh (el. garish) colour.

    Danish-English dictionary > skrap

  • 19 incisivo1

    1 = trenchant, stinging, razor-sharp, waspish.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. I've always wondered how samurai sword makers made their swords razor-sharp.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.

    Spanish-English dictionary > incisivo1

  • 20 одповідь

    ж
    ( sharp) retort; rebuff, snub, reproof, rebuke

    Українсько-англійський словник > одповідь

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  • Sharp — Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sharp practice — Sharp Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rebuke — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ harsh, scathing, sharp, stern, stinging, strong ▪ gentle, mild ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • sharp — sharp1 W2S3 [ʃa:p US ʃa:rp] adj comparative sharper superlative sharpest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(able to cut easily)¦ 2¦(turn)¦ 3¦(increase/change)¦ 4¦(difference)¦ 5¦(pain/feelings)¦ 6¦(disapproving)¦ 7¦(intelligent)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sharp — 1 adjective 1 ABLE TO CUT having a very thin edge or point that can cut things easily: Peel the apples using a sharp knife. | The metal was jagged with lots of sharp edges. | razor sharp (=very sharp) opposite blunt 1 (1) 2 SOUNDS loud, short,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sharp — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scearp; akin to Old High German scarf sharp and perhaps to Old English scrapian to scrape more at scrape Date: before 12th century 1. adapted to cutting or piercing: as a. having a thin… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rebuke — [ri byo͞ok′] vt. rebuked, rebuking [ME rebuken < Anglo Fr rebuker < OFr rebuchier < re , back + buchier, to beat < buche, stick, billet < Gmc * buska] 1. to blame or scold in a sharp way; reprimand 2. Obs. to force back n. a sharp… …   English World dictionary

  • rebuke — ► VERB ▪ criticize or reprimand sharply. ► NOUN ▪ a sharp criticism. ORIGIN Old French rebuker beat down …   English terms dictionary

  • rebuke — I n. 1) to administer, deliver, give a rebuke 2) to draw, receive a rebuke 3) a mild; scathing, sharp, stern, stinging rebuke 4) a rebuke to II v. 1) to rebuke mildly; sharply, sternly 2) (D; tr.) to rebuke for (to rebuke smb. for sloppy work) *… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • To brace sharp — Sharp Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To sharp up — Sharp Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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