Harshly

  • 121judge — I n. 1) a fair, impartial; harsh, severe; lenient judge 2) a hanging ( severe ) judge 3) an administrative; circuit; district; itinerant; trial judge 4) (sports) a field judge 5) (mil.) a judge advocate; a judge advocate general II v. 1) to judge …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 122grate — grate1 [greıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: crata, grata something made of woven sticks , from Latin cratis; CRATE1] the metal bars and frame that hold the wood, coal etc in a ↑fireplace grate 2 grate2 v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 123harsh — [ha:ʃ US ha:rʃ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conditions)¦ 2¦(treatment/criticism)¦ 3¦(sound)¦ 4¦(light/colour)¦ 5¦(lines/shapes etc)¦ 6¦(cleaning substance)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) ¦(CONDITIONS)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 124judge — judge1 W2 [dʒʌdʒ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: juge, from Latin judex] 1.) the official in control of a court who decides how criminals should be punished ▪ The trial judge specifies the number of years to be spent in prison. federal …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 125grinding — grind·ing || graɪndɪŋ n. crushing, breaking up into small particles; sharpening; rubbing together harshly; oppression; act of operating by turning a crank; working or studying hard adj. oppressive; crushing; grating; sharpening graɪnd n. act …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 126Dissidents —    In the tsarist period, intellectual dissent originated with Russian military officers who had served in the Napoleonic Wars, as well as with a small group of nobility exposed to radical French, English, and German philosophy. This culminated… …

    Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

  • 127flay — verb 1》 strip the skin from (a body or carcass). 2》 whip or beat harshly. 3》 criticize harshly. Derivatives flayer noun Origin OE flēan, of Gmc origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 128abuse — a•buse v. [[t]əˈbyuz[/t]] n. [[t]əˈbyus[/t]] v. a•bused, a•bus•ing, n. 1) to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one s authority[/ex] 2) to treat in a harmful or injurious way: to abuse a horse; to abuse one s eyesight[/ex] 3) to speak… …

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