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жесток — meaning in English

zhestok

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English meaning

  • atrocious adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  • brutal adjective Extremely violent, cruel, or harsh.
  • cruel adj Deliberately causing pain or suffering to others, without mercy.
  • diabolic adj Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
  • fierce adj Aggressively powerful, intense, or savage.
  • implacable adj Unable to be calmed or satisfied; unrelenting in hostility or determination.
  • inhuman adj Shockingly cruel or brutal, lacking normal human kindness.
  • severe adjective Very bad, intense, or extreme.
  • truculent adj Cruel or savage.

Senses

жесток is used for these senses in English:

  • atrocious Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
  • brutal Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
  • cruel Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
  • diabolic Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
  • fierce Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
  • heavy-handed (pejorative) Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.
  • implacable Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
  • inhuman Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

atrocious — full definition

  1. adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  2. adjective Very bad in quality; appalling.

brutal — full definition

  1. adjective Extremely violent, cruel, or harsh.
  2. adjective Blunt and unpleasant, but honest.

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