bezwzględny — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolute adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
- hardened adj Made physically hard or tough, often through a deliberate process.
- harsh adj Unpleasantly rough, severe, or unforgiving — used for weather, conditions, sounds, or treatment.
- merciless adj Showing no mercy at all; cruel and unforgiving.
- ruthless adj Showing no pity or mercy; willing to act harshly to get what one wants.
- total noun The full amount reached by adding everything together.
- unconditional adj Given completely, with no conditions, limits, or exceptions attached.
- vicious adj Deliberately cruel, violent, or savage.
Senses
bezwzględny is used for these senses in English:
- absolute Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s]
- absolute (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left". [first attested around 1350 to 1470]
- cold-blooded (figuratively) Lacking emotion or compunction.
- hardened Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.
- merciless Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
- ruthless Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
- total (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
- unconditional Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.
absolute — full definition
- adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
- adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
- noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.
hardened — full definition
- adj Made physically hard or tough, often through a deliberate process.
- adj Used to describe someone who has become numb to something unpleasant through repeated exposure, especially a habitual criminal or a person shaped by tough experience.