UNEDIFYING

Meaning of UNEDIFYING in English

adj. not edifying, esp. uninstructive or degrading.

Derivatives:

unedifyingly adv.

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

UNEDIFYING — “+ adjective Etymology: un- (I) + edifying, present participle of edify : not edifying: as a. : not instructive : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNEDIFYING — adj.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNEDIFYING — adj. unenlightening, not edifying; unpleasant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UNEDIFYING — ■ adjective distasteful; unpleasant: the ~ sight of two squabbling politicians. Derivatives ~ly adverb
Concise Oxford English vocab
UNEDIFYING — unedifying BrE AmE ʌn ˈed ɪ faɪ ɪŋ -ˈ•ə- ▷ unedifying|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UNEDIFYING — / ʌnˈedɪfaɪɪŋ; NAmE / adjective ( formal , especially BrE ) unpleasant in a way that makes you feel disapproval …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNEDIFYING — un ‧ ed ‧ i ‧ fy ‧ ing /ʌnˈedəfaɪ-ɪŋ, ʌnˈedɪfaɪ-ɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective formal unpleasant and embarrassing unedifying spectacle/sight/scene …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNEDIFYING — adj. not edifying, esp. uninstructive or degrading. øøunedifyingly adv.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UNEDIFYING — adj. not edifying, esp. uninstructive or degrading. unedifyingly adv.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UNEDIFYING — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If you do, you find yourself faced with unedifying alternatives such as those which Lewis …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNEDIFYING — [adjective] [formal] - unpleasant, unattractive and offensive, causing people to feel no respectWe were treated to the unedifying spectacle of …
Cambridge English vocab
UNEDIFYING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
UNEDIFYING — adj. Unedifying is used with these nouns: ↑ sight , ↑ spectacle
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UNEDIFYING — неназидательный, непоучительный отвратительный, безнравственный - * story отвратительная история
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNEDIFYING — a 1. неназидательный, непоучительный 2. отвратительный, безнравственный unedifying story - отвратительная история unedifying conduct - безобразное поведение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UNEDIFYING — (a) безнравственный; неназидательный; непоучительный; отвратительный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
UNEDIFYING — a 1. неназидательный, непоучительный 2. отвратительный, безнравственный ~ story - отвратительная история ~ conduct - безобразное поведение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
UNEDIFYING — a 1. неназидательный, непоучительный 2. отвратительный, безнравственный unedifying story - отвратительная история unedifying conduct - безобразное поведение
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UNEDIFYING — неназидательный, непоучительный отвратительный, безнравственный - * story отвратительная история
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNENLIGHTENING — adj. failing to enlighten, not informing, not tending to clarify, unedifying
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPECTACLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES unedifying spectacle/sight/scene etc ▪ the unedifying spectacle of players attacking the referee COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an eye test/a sight test ▪ All children starting school are given a sight …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCENE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PULL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car pulls out (= moves away from the side of the road ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EPISODE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sorry episode (= bad thing that happened ) ▪ This whole sorry episode shows just …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APART — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES apart from ▪ We didn’t see anyone all day, apart from a couple of kids …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ENLIGHTENING — adj. Function: adjective tending to dissipate ignorance or increase knowledge and awareness FF1C; an enlightening glimpse of government in action …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ENLIGHTENING — adjective tending to dissipate ignorance or increase knowledge and awareness an enlightening glimpse of government in action Synonyms: illuminant, illuminating, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPECTACLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dramatic , grand ( esp. BrE ), great , magnificent ▪ sad , sorry , unedifying ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. noun 1 ability to see ⇨ See also ↑ eyesight VERB + SIGHT ▪ have ▪ She has very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Oxford English vocab

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