BLACK SHEEP

Meaning of BLACK SHEEP in English

ˌblack ˈsheep BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular]

someone who is regarded by other members of their family or group as a failure or embarrassment:

Amy’s always been the black sheep of the family.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

BLACK SHEEP — noun Date: 1657 a disfavored or disreputable member of a group
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLACK SHEEP — noun 1. : a recessive black-fleeced individual in a flock of normally white-fleeced sheep — compare melanism 1a 2. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK SHEEP — 1. a sheep with black fleece. 2. a person who causes shame or embarrassment because of deviation from the accepted …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK SHEEP — person regarded as not respectable by his family or group
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLACK SHEEP — Date: 1657 : a disfavored or disreputable member of a group
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK SHEEP — Function: noun Date: 1657 : a disfavored or disreputable member of a group
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BLACK SHEEP — ■ noun informal a member of a family or group who is regarded as a disgrace to it.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLACK SHEEP — [black sheep] n (1792): a discreditable member of a respectable group
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK SHEEP — noun [ usually sing. ] a person who is different from the rest of their family or another group, and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK SHEEP — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK SHEEP — If you describe someone as the ~ of their family or of a group that they are a member of, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BLACK SHEEP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Are twins to become the moral equivalent of black sheep ? ▪ Even in this …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK SHEEP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK SHEEP — {n.} A person in a family or a community considered unsatisfactory or disgraceful. * /My brother Ted is a high …
Slang English vocab
BLACK-SHEEP — n. Scapegrace, disgrace to the family.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
BLACK SHEEP — {n.} A person in a family or a community considered unsatisfactory or disgraceful. * /My brother Ted is a high …
Словарь английских идиом
BLACK SHEEP — the bad one, the one who does bad things He's the black sheep in that family - always in trouble.
English Idioms vocab
BLACK SHEEP — the bad one, the one who does bad things He's the black sheep in that family - always in trouble.
English Idioms vocabulary
BLACK SHEEP — n. A person in a family or a community considered unsatisfactory or disgraceful. My brother Ted is a high school …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BLACK SHEEP — (of a family) паршивая овца (разговорное) отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK SHEEP — Паршивая овца
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK SHEEP — разг. отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLACK SHEEP — паршивая овца
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BLACK SHEEP — разг. отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BLACK SHEEP — разг. отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK SHEEP — выродок, паршивая овца, позор семьи
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BLACK SHEEP — выродок, паршивая овца, позор семьи
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BLACK SHEEP — паршивая овца
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BLACK SHEEP — паршивая овца
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BLACK SHEEP — паршивая овца black sheep of a family - паршивая овца
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BLACK SHEEP — [разг.] отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
BLACK SHEEP — разг. отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
BLACK SHEEP — (of a family) паршивая овца (разговорное) отщепенец, негодяй, выродок
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHEEP — I bovid genus Ovis ) that have scent glands in the face and hind feet. Horns, if present, are more …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement …
Английский словарь Британика
SHEEP — I. ˈshēp noun ( plural sheep ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scēap, scēp; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHEEP — — sheepless , adj. — sheeplike , adj. /sheep/ , n. , pl. sheep . 1. any of numerous ruminant …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — — blackish , adj. — blackishly , adv. — blackishness , n. /blak/ , adj., blacker, blackest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHEEP — noun ( plural sheep ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scēap; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — noun a black pigment or dye. 2. black ·noun a stain; a spot; a smooch. 3. black ·noun a black …
Webster English vocab
SHEEP — [sheep] n, pl sheep often attrib [ME, fr. OE sceap; akin to OHG scaf sheep] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — [black] adj [ME blak, fr. OE blaec; akin to OHG blah black, and prob. to L flagrare to burn, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHEEP — ruminant (cud-chewing) mammal of the genus Ovis. The sheep is usually stockier than its relative the goat; its horns, when …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHEEP — sheep BrE AmE ʃiːp ▷ sheep's ʃiːps ▶ ˈ sheep's eyes BrE AmE ▶ ˈ sheep tick BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLACK — black, Black BrE AmE blæk ▷ blacked blækt ▷ blacker ˈblæk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blackest ˈblæk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHEEP — / ʃiːp; NAmE / noun ( pl. sheep ) an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — / blæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( black·er , black·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHEEP — sheep S2 W3 /ʃiːp/ BrE AmE noun ( plural sheep ) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sceap ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK — I. black 1 S1 W1 /blæk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHEEP — n. (pl. same) 1 any ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis with a thick woolly coat, esp. kept in flocks …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHEEP — n. (pl. same) 1 any ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis with a thick woolly coat, esp. kept in flocks …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACK — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHEEP — n. (pl. same) 1. any ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis with a thick woolly coat, esp. kept in flocks …
Oxford English vocab
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Oxford English vocab
SHEEP — ( sheep) 1. A sheep is a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — ( blacker, blackest, blacks, blacking, blacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHEEP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pig/sheep/cattle farm ▪ A pig farm in Dorset is the suspected source of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHEEP — [noun] [C] [plural] sheep - a farm animal, with thick esp. whitish-coloured hair, that eats grass, and which is kept …
Cambridge English vocab
BLACK — n. black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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