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streng — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • harsh adj Unpleasantly rough, severe, or unforgiving — used for weather, conditions, sounds, or treatment.
  • poignant adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.
  • rigorous adj Extremely thorough, careful, and exacting.
  • severe adjective Very bad, intense, or extreme.
  • severely adverb In a harsh, extreme, or intense way.
  • stark adj Severe, bare, or bleak in appearance.
  • stern adjective Serious and strict in manner; harsh or severe.
  • strict adj Demanding that rules be followed exactly, with little tolerance for exceptions.
  • strong adjective Physically powerful; capable of exerting or withstanding great force.
  • tangy adj Having a sharp, zesty flavor.

Senses

streng is used for these senses in English:

  • po-faced (British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish. [from 1930s]
  • poignant (figuratively, of a smell, taste) Piquant, pungent.
  • rigorous Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
  • severe Strict or harsh.
  • severely In a severe manner.
  • stark Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
  • strong Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.

harsh — full definition

  1. adj Unpleasantly rough, severe, or unforgiving — used for weather, conditions, sounds, or treatment.
  2. adj Overly critical or unkind in tone.

poignant — full definition

  1. adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.
  2. adj Sharply relevant or incisive.

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