nefarious

nefarious

1. paha, äärimmäisen katala, paheellinen, turmeltunut

Esimerkkejä:

: The whole nefarious scheme was one of the "put-up jobs" which are part of the dirty work of a certain order of statecraft.

Liittyvät sanat: nefariously

Synonyymisanakirja

nefarious

paha, rikollinen, roistomainen.

Rimmaavat sanat

nefarious rimmaa näiden kanssa:

lesbous, couscous, lahous, mahous, holhous, nuohous, verhous, lautaverhous, tiiliverhous, ulkoverhous...

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Englannin sanakirja

nefarious englanniksi

1. sinful Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

2. 1828, w:James Fenimore Cooper|James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover, ch. 2:

"If the vessel be no fair-trading slaver, nor a common cruiser of his Majesty, it is as tangible as the best man's reasoning, that she may be neither more nor less than the ship of that nefarious pirate the Red Rover."

3. 1877, w:Anthony Trollope|Anthony Trollope, The Life of Cicero, ch. 9:

Mommsen . . . declares that Catiline in particular was "one of the most nefarious men in that nefarious age. His villanies belong to the criminal records, not to history."

4. 1921, w:P. G. Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse, The Indiscretions of Archie, ch. 26:

The fact that the room was still in darkness made it obvious that something nefarious was afoot. Plainly there was dirty work in preparation at the cross-roads.

5. 2009 Oct. 14, Monica Davey, "http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/us/politics/15bachside.html?_r=0 Fact Checker Finds Falsehoods in Remarks," New York Times (retrieved 12 May 2014):

“I try to let everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington.”

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