A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT

Meaning of A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT in English

a person who is always eager to undertake difficult tasks.

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A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT — glutton for punishment etc, a n infml He must be a glutton for punishment if he's stayed with that impossible …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLUTTON — n glutton (1. gormandizer; 2. [Zool.] wolverine)
Interlingua English vocab
GLUTTON — gloton (-eríe), stuffa-bocca, voron. GLUTTONOUS: manjavid
English interlingue dictionary
GLUTTON — busawan;hakog;kahakog;kusog mokaon;laog;mokaon;palakaon
English-Visayan vocabulary
GLUTTON — noun Etymology: Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin ~-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUNISHMENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Английский словарь Британика
GLUTTON — I. ˈglət ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, from Latin glutton-, glutto; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — ˈpənishmənt, -nēsh- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English punisshement, from Middle French punissement, from puniss- (stem of punir to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLUTTON — glutton 1 /glut"n/ , n. 1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously. 2. a person with a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLUTTON — noun Etymology: Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — noun the act of punishing. 2. punishment ·add. ·noun severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. 3. punishment ·noun any pain, suffering, …
Webster English vocab
GLUTTON — noun fig.: one who gluts himself. 2. glutton ·adj gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. 3. glutton ·noun one who eats voraciously, or …
Webster English vocab
GLUTTON — [glut.ton] n [ME glotoun, fr. OF gloton, fr. L glutton-, glutto; akin to L gluttire to swallow, gula throat, OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUNISHMENT — the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeedi.e., the transgression of a law …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — punishment BrE AmE ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt ▷ punishment|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GLUTTON — glutton BrE AmE ˈɡlʌt ə n ▷ glutton|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — / ˈpʌnɪʃmənt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] punishment (for sth) an act or a way of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLUTTON — / ˈglʌtn; NAmE / noun 1. ( disapproving ) a person who eats too much 2. glutton for punishment / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — pun ‧ ish ‧ ment W3 /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ punishable , ↑ punishing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GLUTTON — glut ‧ ton /ˈɡlʌtn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: gloton , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GLUTTON — n. 1 an excessively greedy eater. 2 (often foll. by for) colloq. a person insatiably eager (a glutton for work). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GLUTTON — n. 1 an excessively greedy eater. 2 (often foll. by for) colloq. a person insatiably eager (a glutton for work). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GLUTTON — n.1 an excessively greedy eater. 2 (often foll. by for) colloq. a person insatiably eager (a glutton for work). 3 …
Oxford English vocab
PUNISHMENT — ( punishments) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLUTTON — ( gluttons) 1. If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — (~s) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the physical …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PUNISHMENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES administer justice/punishment etc ▪ It is not the job of the police to administer justice; …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLUTTON — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Uncle Richard was a glutton who ate everything in sight. ▪ We had salmon …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — [noun]Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime. [C](formal) It was always our …
Cambridge English vocab
GLUTTON — [noun] [C] - a person who regularly eats and drinks more than is neededMarco's such a glutton - he ate …
Cambridge English vocab
PUNISHMENT — n. capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUNISHMENT — n. Function: noun the act or an instance of punishing FF1C; a spanking was his punishment FF1E; Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun the act or an instance of punishing a spanking was his punishment Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, correction, discipline, punition, rod …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — See ↑ PUNISH 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a glutton for punishment • ↑ capital punishment • ↑ corporal punishment
Longman Activator English vocab
GLUTTON — See ↑ GREEDY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a glutton for punishment
Longman Activator English vocab
PUNISHMENT — n. 25B6; noun the punishment of the guilty : PENALIZING, punishing, disciplining; retribution; dated chastisement. the teacher imposed punishments : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — Punishment for people who break the law is decided in a court of law. In the US federal, state and …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — n. 1 chastisement, chastising, castigation, castigating, discipline, disciplining, chastening, scolding, rebuke, reproof, dressing-down, admonishment, admonition, correction, punitive measures Every society …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GLUTTON — n. trencherman, gormandizer, gourmand or gormand, overeater, hog, pig, Grangousier, Colloq greedy-guts, Slang Brit gannet, US chowhound Like the glutton …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun BAD : The police are in favour of stricter punishments. GOOD : The police are in favour of harsher …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — сущ. 1) а) кара, наказание to administer punishment to ≈ применять наказание to escape punishment ≈ избежать наказания, остаться безнаказанным …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLUTTON — сущ. 1) обжора; гурман, любитель поесть Syn : gourmet, gormandizer 2) перен. страстно увлеченный чем-л., ненасытный человек (of, for) a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUNISHMENT — punishment.ogg ʹpʌnıʃmənt n 1. наказание; взыскание capital punishment - смертная казнь corporal punishment - телесное наказание summary punishment - воен. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLUTTON — glutton.ogg glʌtn n 1. 1> обжора when he's hungry he eats like a glutton - когда он голоден, он не …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLUTTON — glutton сущ.1) обжора; гурман, любитель поесть Syn:gourmet, gormandizer 2) перен. страстно увлеченный человек (чем-л. - of, for), ненасытный человек a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PUNISHMENT — n 1. наказание; взыскание capital punishment - смертная казнь corporal punishment - телесное наказание summary punishment - воен. дисциплинарное взыскание …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GLUTTON — n 1. 1> обжора when he's hungry he eats like a glutton - когда он голоден, он не ест, а …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); fə …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PUNISHMENT — сущ. 1) а) кара, наказание to administer punishment to — применять наказание to escape punishment — избежать наказания, остаться безнаказанным …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GLUTTON — сущ. 1) обжора; гурман, любитель поесть Syn: gourmet , gormandizer 2) страстно увлеченный человек ( чем-л. ) , ненасытный человек …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PUNISHMENT — сущ. 1) а) кара, наказание to administer punishment to — применять наказание to escape punishment — избежать наказания, остаться безнаказанным to impose, inflict punishment on …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GLUTTON — сущ. 1) обжора; гурман, любитель поесть Syn: gourmet, gormandizer 2) страстно увлеченный человек (чем-л.), ненасытный человек glutton of books — жадно и много читающий glutton for …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GLUTTON — _n. 1> обжора 2> жадный, ненасытный человек; a glutton of books - жадно и много читающий 3> _зоол. росомаха _Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
GLUTTON — n. 1. обжора 2. жадный, ненасытный человек; a glutton of books - жадно и много читающий 3. зоол. росомаха Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PUNISHMENT — сущ., юр. наказание, взыскание capital punishment — смертная казнь authority punishment — дисциплинарное взыскание corporal punishment — телесное наказание cruel and unusual punishment — жестокое …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
GLUTTON — _n. 1> обжора 2> жадный, ненасытный человек; a glutton of books жадно и много читающий 3> _зоол. росомаха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PUNISHMENT — наказание punishment as a deterrent — наказание как средство устрашения; punishment endured — отбытое наказание; on pain of punishment — под страхом наказания; to …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PUNISHMENT — n infml The furniture in the house with five active children had taken a lot of punishment — Мебель в доме, …
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