THE LESSER EVIL

Meaning of THE LESSER EVIL in English

➡ the lesser of two evils

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LESSER — inferiori
English interlingue dictionary
LESSER — mas diyutay;mas kubus (Adjective) mas menos;mas minos
English-Visayan vocabulary
LESSER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Lesser Slave Lake {{link=Lesser Armenia">Lesser Armenia panda lesser
Английский словарь Британика
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
EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
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
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LESSER — adj less; smaller; inferior. 2. lesser ·adv less.
Webster English vocab
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
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
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LESSER — lesser, L~ BrE AmE ˈles ə AmE - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation 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
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESSER — less ‧ er /ˈlesə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] 1 . formal not as large, as important, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LESSER — adj. (usu. attrib.) not so great as the other or the rest (the lesser evil; the lesser celandine). [ double …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LESSER — adj. (usu. attrib.) not so great as the other or the rest (the lesser evil; the lesser celandine). Etymology: double …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
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
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
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
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
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
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
LESSER — adj. Antilles Greater and Lesser Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Armenia panda lesser
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LESSER — adj. Lesser is used with these nouns: ↑ charge , ↑ crime , ↑ degree , ↑ deity , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
EVIL — n. 25B6; adjective an evil deed : WICKED, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, foul, vile, dishonourable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — As used by a hacker , implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
EVIL — As used by hackers, implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be not worth …
Jargon File English vocabulary
LESSER — прил.; сравн. от little 1) меньший the lesser of two evils ≈ меньшее из двух зол 2) зоол., бот., астр., …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
EVIL
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
EVIL — evil сущ.1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary evil …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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
EVIL
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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
EVIL — 1. сущ. 1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary …
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., бот., астр., геогр., анат. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EVIL — 1. сущ. 1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary evil — необходимое зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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
EVIL — 1. _n. 1> зло; вред; evil comes from evil - зло порождает зло; (the) lesser evil - меньшее зло - …
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 - редакция bed
EVIL — 1. n. 1. зло; вред; evil comes from evil - зло порождает зло; (the) lesser evil - меньшее зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LESSER — _a. _attr. (_comp. от little) меньший; the lesser of two evils меньшее из двух зол; the Lesser Bear _астр. Малая …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
EVIL — 1. _n. 1> зло; вред; to do evil наносить ущерб; творить зло; evil comes from evil зло порождает зло; (the) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
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
EVIL
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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