BEYOND THE PALE

Meaning of BEYOND THE PALE in English

adv. or adj. phr. In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the members of a group. After the outlaw killed a man he was beyond the pale and not even his old friends would talk to him. Tom's swearing is beyond the pale; no one invites him to dinner any more.

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BEYOND THE PALE — adj. absolutely unacceptable, outside the limits of integrity and morality, beyond the bounds of good taste, beyond standards of decency
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEYOND THE PALE — outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. → pale
Concise Oxford English vocab
BEYOND THE PALE — considered by most people to be unacceptable or unreasonable : His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND THE PALE — see pale
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND THE PALE — see pale
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BEYOND THE PALE — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the …
Slang English vocab
BEYOND THE PALE — UNACCEPTABLE, unseemly, improper, unsuitable, unreasonable, intolerable, disgraceful, deplorable, outrageous, scandalous, shocking; informal not on, not the done thing, out of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND THE PALE — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the …
Словарь английских идиом
BEYOND THE PALE — outside the bounds of acceptable behavior What they are doing is totally unacceptable and beyond the pale.
English Idioms vocab
BEYOND THE PALE — beyond the limit, over the boundary His comment went beyond the pale of respect. It was vulgar.
English Idioms vocabulary
PALE — I. ˈpāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEYOND — I. bēˈänd also bēˈyä- or bə̇ˈyä- sometimes -ˈ(y)ȯ- or -ˈ(y)ə- adverb Etymology: Middle English beyonde, adverb & preposition, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALE — (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale …
Английский словарь Webster
BEYOND — (prep.) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; …
Английский словарь Webster
PALE — ( v. i. ) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEYOND — ( prep. ) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PALE — pale 1 — palely , adv. — paleness , n. /payl/ , adj., paler, palest , v. , paled, paling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEYOND — — beyondness , n. /bee ond", bi yond"/ , prep. 1. on, at, or to the farther side of: Beyond …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALE — I. ˈpāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pel, pal stake, from Latin palus — more at pole Date: 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEYOND — I. bē-ˈänd adverb Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English begeondan, from be- + geondan beyond, from geond …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALE — noun a cheese scoop. 2. pale ·noun paleness; pallor. 3. pale ·noun a stripe or band, as on a garment. …
Webster English vocab
BEYOND — adv further away; at a distance; yonder. 2. beyond ·prep at a place or time not yet reached; before. 3. …
Webster English vocab
PALE — ~ 1 ■ adjective 1》 containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade. ↘(of a person's face) having …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALE — [pale] n [ME, fr. MF pal stake, fr. L palus--more at pole] (12c) 1 archaic: palisade, paling 2. a: one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEYOND — [be.yond] adv [ME, prep. & adv., fr. OE begeondan, fr. be- + geondan beyond, fr. geond yond--more at yond] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALE — (from Latin palus, stake), district separated from the surrounding country by defined boundaries or distinguished by a different administrative and …
Britannica English vocabulary
PALE — / peɪl; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( paler , pal·est ) 1. ( of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND — / bɪˈjɒnd; NAmE bɪˈjɑːnd/ preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. on or to the further side of sth : The …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALE — I. pale 1 W3 /peɪl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin pallidus ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEYOND — I. be ‧ yond 1 S2 W1 /bɪˈjɒnd $ -ˈjɑːnd/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PALE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEYOND — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 at or to the further side of (beyond the river). 2 outside the scope, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALE — adj. & v. adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEYOND — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 at or to the further side of (beyond the river). 2 outside the scope, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALE — 1. adj. & v. --adj. 1. (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of …
Oxford English vocab
BEYOND — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. at or to the further side of (beyond the river). 2 outside the scope, …
Oxford English vocab
PALE — ( paler, palest, pales, paling, paled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is beyond a place …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is ~ a place …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PALE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a light/pale colour (= not dark or strong ) ▪ Light colours make a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEYOND — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES above and beyond (= greater than it is your duty to show ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEYOND — (FURTHER AWAY) [preposition], [adverb] [not gradable] - further away in the distance (than something)In the distance, beyond the river, was …
Cambridge English vocab
PALE — Synonyms and related words : abate, abnormal, achievement, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, alerion, ambit, anathema, anemic, animal charge, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, a better place, above, above and beyond, across, added, additionally, after, afterlife, afterworld, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND — n. Function: preposition 1 on or to the farther side of FF1C; the store is just beyond the next house …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BEYOND — I. adverb 1. on or to the farther side a house with mountains beyond Synonyms: farther, further, ||yon, yonder 2. …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALE — n. 25B6; adjective she looked pale and drawn : WHITE, pallid, pasty, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, ashen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND — n. 25B6; preposition beyond the trees : ON THE FAR SIDE OF, on the other side of, further away than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALE — n. 1 paling, palisade, picket, upright, post, stake The pales are attached to horizontal rails to form a fence 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PALE — adj. 1 colourless, white, wan, sallow, waxen, livid, ashen, ashy, pallid, bloodless, whitish, pasty, whey-faced, washed out, anaemic, blanched, drained, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn : palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEYOND — загробная жизнь - what can we know of the *? что мы знаем о потустороннем мире? > the back of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALE — pale.ogg _I 1. peıl n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1> частокол, ограда 2> граница, черта, предел out of within …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEYOND — beyond.ogg 1. bıʹjɒnd n загробная жизнь ( тж. great beyond) what can we know of the beyond? - что мы …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PALE — 1) бледный 2) блеклый 3) кол • - pale brick - pale color - pale crepe
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PALE — pale I 1. сущ.1) устар. забор, палисад, частокол Syn:palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn:picket 1. 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEYOND — далеко, вдали; на расстоянии за, по ту сторону, за пределами позже; после вне; выше, сверх далее, дальше; там, на расстоянии …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALE — I 1. [peıl] n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1) частокол, ограда 2) граница, черта, предел out of [within] the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PALE — _I 1. peıl n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1> частокол, ограда 2> граница, черта, предел out of within the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEYOND — 1. bıʹjɒnd n загробная жизнь ( тж. great beyond) what can we know of the beyond? - что мы знаем …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn: palisade , paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина ( из ограды, забора …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEYOND — 1. нареч. далеко, вдали; на расстоянии 2. предл. 1) за, по ту сторону, за пределами beyond the ocean —по ту …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn: palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn: picket 1. 3) а) огораживание, обособленность Syn: enclosure б) ограниченная территория в) ист. территория - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEYOND — 1. нареч. далеко, вдали; на расстоянии 2. предл. 1) за, по ту сторону, за пределами beyond the ocean —по ту сторону океана 2) позже; после beyond …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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