If you describe something unpleasant as ~, you mean that it is very severe and is not replaced by anything better, even for a short time.
...~ misery...
The sun baked down on the concrete, ~ by any breeze.
ADJ: oft ADJ by n
If you describe something unpleasant as ~, you mean that it is very severe and is not replaced by anything better, even for a short time.
...~ misery...
The sun baked down on the concrete, ~ by any breeze.
ADJ: oft ADJ by n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012