LESSER OF TWO EVILS

Meaning of LESSER OF TWO EVILS in English

slightly less unpleasant of two poor options of choices neither of which are good

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LESSER OF TWO EVILS — both are bad but one is not as bad as the other Neither person can be trusted. Choose the lesser …
English Idioms vocab
LESSER OF TWO EVILS — both are bad but one is not as bad as the other Neither person can be trusted. Choose the lesser …
English Idioms vocabulary
LESSER OF TWO EVILS — меньшее из двух зол
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LESSER OF TWO EVILS — меньшее из двух зол
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LESSER OF TWO EVILS — меньшее из двух зол
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TWO — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 3 feet/1 cm/two inches etc thick ▪ The walls are about two meters thick. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LESSER — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]Lesser is used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount or importance …
Cambridge English vocab
LESSER — прил.; сравн. от little 1) меньший the lesser of two evils ≈ меньшее из двух зол 2) зоол., бот., астр., …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LESSER — прил.; сравн. от little 1) меньший the lesser of two evils ≈ меньшее из двух зол 2) зоол., бот., астр., …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LESSER — inferiori
English interlingue dictionary
LESSER — mas diyutay;mas kubus (Adjective) mas menos;mas minos
English-Visayan vocabulary
TWO — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Английский словарь Британика
LESSER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Lesser Slave Lake {{link=Lesser Armenia">Lesser Armenia panda lesser
Английский словарь Британика
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, adjective & pron., from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESSER — I. ˈlesə(r) adjective Etymology: Middle English lasser, lesser, comp. of lasse, less less 1. : of less size, quality, or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWO — /tooh/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 1 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 2 or II. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LESSER — /les"euhr/ , adj., a compar. of little with least as superl. 1. smaller, as in size or importance; inferior: a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to Old English twēgen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LESSER — I. ˈle-sər adjective Date: 13th century comparative of little I : of less size, quality, degree, or significance : of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWO — noun one and one; twice one. 2. two ·noun a symbol representing two units, as 2, ii., or ii. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LESSER — adj less; smaller; inferior. 2. lesser ·adv less.
Webster English vocab
TWO — [two] adj [ME twa, two, fr. OE twa (fem. & neut.); akin to OE twegen two (masc.), tu (neut.), OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LESSER — [less.er] adj, comparative of [1]little (13c): of less size, quality, degree, or significance: of lower status [2]lesser adv (1539): less …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LESSER — lesser, L~ BrE AmE ˈles ə AmE - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TWO — / tuː; NAmE / number 2 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESSER — / ˈlesə(r); NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] 1. not as great in size, amount or importance as …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWO — two /tuː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: twa ] 1 . the number 2: I’ll be …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LESSER — less ‧ er /ˈlesə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] 1 . formal not as large, as important, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LESSER — adj. (usu. attrib.) not so great as the other or the rest (the lesser evil; the lesser celandine). [double compar., …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWO — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LESSER — adj. (usu. attrib.) not so great as the other or the rest (the lesser evil; the lesser celandine). [ double …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Oxford English vocab
LESSER — adj. (usu. attrib.) not so great as the other or the rest (the lesser evil; the lesser celandine). Etymology: double …
Oxford English vocab
TWO — ( twos) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Two is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESSER — 1. You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESSER — 1. You use ~ in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LESSER — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lesser evil (= a bad thing, but not as bad as something else ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] [plural] twos - (the number) 2They've got two houses.He's got two leather jackets already.I spent two years …
Cambridge English vocab
TWO — n. two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LESSER — adj. Antilles Greater and Lesser Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Armenia panda lesser
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TWO — Synonyms and related words : biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace, couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness, doublet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Slang English vocab
TWO — n. two handed two time two wheeler
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LESSER — adj. Lesser is used with these nouns: ↑ charge , ↑ crime , ↑ degree , ↑ deity , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TWO — INDEX: 1. two 2. two people 3. two things of the same type that are used together 4. each one …
Longman Activator English vocab
LESSER — adj. 25B6; adjective a lesser offence : LESS IMPORTANT, minor, secondary, subsidiary, marginal, ancillary, auxiliary, supplementary, peripheral; inferior, insignificant, unimportant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Словарь английских идиом
EVILS — veils
Anagrams English vocabulary
TWO — 1. числ. колич. два 2. сущ. 1) двойка 2) мн. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVILS — Evils
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWO — two.ogg 1. tu: n 1> двойка, цифра 2 ( тж. the figure of two) double two - две двойки for …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LESSER — lesser.ogg ʹlesə a 1. редк. compar от little II 2. меньший, малый; небольшой; мелкий the lesser of two evils - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LESSER — малый, меньший to a lesser extent — в меньшей степени
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TWO — two числ. колич.два 2. сущ.1) двойка 2) мн. ч. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два часа …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TWO — 1. tu: n 1) двойка, цифра 2 ( тж. the figure of two) double two - две двойки for Geneva …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LESSER — a 1. редк. compar от little II 2. меньший, малый; небольшой; мелкий the lesser of two evils - из двух …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TWO — 1. числ. колич. два 2. сущ. 1) двойка 2) мн. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LESSER — прил. ; сравн. ст. от little 1) меньший the lesser of two evils — меньшее из двух зол 2) зоол. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TWO — 1. числ. колич. два 2. сущ. 1) двойка 2) мн. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два часа 5) двухдолларовая банкнота; два доллара, шиллинга, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LESSER — прил.; сравн. ст. от little 1) меньший the lesser of two evils — меньшее из двух зол 2) зоол., бот., астр., геогр., анат. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TWO — 1. _n-card. два 2. _n. 1> двойка 2> _pl. второй номер, размер 3> двое; пара; two and two, by twos, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LESSER — _a. _attr. _comp. of little меньший; the lesser of two evils - меньшее из двух зол; the Lesser Bear - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TWO — 1. n-card. два 2. n. 1. двойка 2. pl. второй номер, размер 3. двое; пара; two and two, by twos, …
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