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чёрт — meaning in English

chyort

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English meaning

  • damn interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  • demon noun An evil supernatural being, often associated with hell or wickedness.
  • devil noun In Christian and Jewish tradition, the supreme evil spirit; Satan.
  • drat intj Used to express mild annoyance or frustration.
  • geez intj An exclamation of surprise, frustration, or exasperation.
  • goddamn intj An exclamation used to express anger, shock, frustration, or strong excitement.
  • hell noun In many religions, the place of punishment for the wicked after death.
  • man noun An adult male human being.
  • sheesh interjection Used to express disbelief, frustration, or mild exasperation.
  • shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.

Senses

чёрт is used for these senses in English:

  • damn (sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
  • damn (sometimes, vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.
  • demon (now, chiefly, historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. [from 10th c.]
  • demon An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]
  • devil (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
  • drat Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
  • geez (euphemistic) An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.
  • goddamn (vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

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.

demon — full definition

  1. noun An evil supernatural being, often associated with hell or wickedness.
  2. noun A destructive habit, feeling, or personal struggle, especially one someone battles internally.
  3. noun Someone with remarkable skill, energy, or intensity at an activity.

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