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feann — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • damn interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  • flay verb To strip the skin from a body.
  • fleece noun The woolly coat of a sheep, or wool shorn from it in one piece.
  • skin noun The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
  • slate noun A fine-grained gray rock that splits easily into thin flat sheets, often used for roofing.
  • strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
  • vituperate verb To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.

Senses

feann is used for these senses in English:

  • damn To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  • flay To strip the skin off; to skin.
  • fleece (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
  • slate (transitive, chiefly, British) To criticise harshly.
  • strip (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.

damn — full definition

  1. interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  2. adverb Used to intensify a statement, similar to "very" or "extremely."
  3. verb To condemn or criticize harshly.

flay — full definition

  1. verb To strip the skin from a body.
  2. verb To criticize someone harshly and mercilessly.

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