HOWLING DERVISHES

Meaning of HOWLING DERVISHES in English

Rifa'iya.

[ 1885-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HOWLING — adjective Date: 1599 producing or marked by a sound resembling a howl , desolate , wild , very great ; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOWLING — adjective 1. : producing, filled with, or marked by howling howling storm 2. : wild , savage , desolate howling …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOWLING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Howl
Английский словарь Webster
HOWLING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Howl
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOWLING — — howlingly , adv. /how"ling/ , adj. 1. producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob. 2. desolate, dismal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOWLING — n. crying, yelling, wailing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOWLING — adj. of something which yowls; making a wailing or howling noise; desolate, dreary
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOWLING — adjective Date: 1599 1. : producing or marked by a sound resembling a howl a howling storm 2. : desolate …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOWLING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of howl.
Webster English vocab
HOWLING — / ˈhaʊlɪŋ; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] 1. ( of a storm, etc. ) very violent, with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOWLING — howl ‧ ing /ˈhaʊlɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective be a howling success something that is a howling success is extremely successful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOWLING — adj. 1 that howls. 2 sl. extreme (a howling shame). 3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness). øhowling dervish see DERVISH.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOWLING — adj. 1 that howls. 2 sl. extreme (a howling shame). 3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness). howling dervish see DERVISH.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOWLING — adj.1 that howls. 2 sl. extreme (a howling shame). 3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness). Phrases and idioms: howling dervish see …
Oxford English vocab
HOWLING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a howling gale (= one that makes a lot of noise ) ▪ The ship …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOWLING — [adjective]In the distance I heard a howling wolf.(figurative) There's a howling (= strong and noisy) gale blowing outside.See also howling.
Cambridge English vocab
HOWLING — adj. Howling is used with these nouns: ↑ blizzard , ↑ gale , ↑ mob , ↑ wilderness , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOWLING — прил. 1) воющий 2) подавленный, унылый Syn : sad, cheerless 3) сл. огромный (об успехе и т. п.); вопиющий howling …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOWLING — 1. ʹhaʋlıŋ n вой, рёв 2. ʹhaʋlıŋ a 1. 1> воющий howling dog wind - воющий пёс ветер 2> ревущий, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOWLING — прил.1) воющий; издающий плачущие звуки - howling monkey 2) подавленный, унылый; одинокий, заброшенный a howling wilderness — унылая пустыня Syn:sad, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOWLING — 1. ʹhaʋlıŋ n вой, рёв 2. ʹhaʋlıŋ a 1. 1> воющий howling dog wind - воющий пёс ветер 2> ревущий, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOWLING — прил. 1) воющий; издающий плачущие звуки - howling monkey 2) подавленный, унылый; одинокий, заброшенный a howling wilderness — унылая пустыня …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOWLING — прил. 1) воющий; издающий плачущие звуки - howling monkey 2) подавленный, унылый; одинокий, заброшенный a howling wilderness — унылая пустыня Syn: sad, cheerless, desolate 1., wild …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOWLING — _a. 1> воющий 2> унылый 3> _жарг. огромный (об успехе и т. п.); вопиющий; howling swell - ужасный франт - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOWLING — a. 1. воющий 2. унылый 3. жарг. огромный (об успехе и т. п.); вопиющий; howling swell - ужасный франт - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOWLING — 1. _pres-p. от howl 2 2. _a. 1> воющий 2> унылый 3> _жарг. огромный (об успехе и т.п.); вопиющий; howling …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HOWLING — adj 1) infml The performance was a howling success — Представление пользовалось оглушительным успехом It was a howling bore — Было ужасно скучно He …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
HOWLING — adj 1) infml The performance was a howling success — Представление пользовалось оглушительным успехом It was a howling bore — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
HOWLING — howling adj 1. infml The performance was a howling success Представление пользовалось оглушительным успехом It was a howling bore Было …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
HOWLING — 1) The performance was a howling success — Представление пользовалось оглушительным успехом It was a howling bore — Было ужасно …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
HOWLING — прил. 1) воющий 2) подавленный, унылый Syn : sad, cheerless 3) сл. огромный (об успехе и т. п.); вопиющий howling …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
CALENDER — I. transitive verb (-dered; ~ing) see: cylinder Date: 1513 to press (as cloth, rubber, or paper) between rollers or plates …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Английский словарь Британика
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Английский словарь Британика
DERVISH — In Islam, a member of a Sufi fraternity. These mystics stressed emotional aspects of devotion through ecstatic trances, dancing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
GARRISON — I. ˈgarəsən also ˈger- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English garisoun protection, treasure, stronghold, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALENDER — I. ˈkalə̇ndə(r) archaic variant of calendar II. transitive verb ( calendered ; calendered ; calendering -d(ə)riŋ ; calenders ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNMAN — |ən+ transitive verb Etymology: un- (II) + man, n. 1. a. archaic : to deprive of the characteristics of man …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAJ — ˈtäzh, ˈtäj noun ( -es ) Etymology: Arabic tāj, from Persian, crown, crest, cap : a cap worn in Muslim …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ISAWA — ə̇ˈsäwə noun plural or isa·wi·ya ˌēsəˈwē(y)ə ; or ais·sa·wa īˈsäwə Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Arabic 'īsawīyah, an order of dervishes …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DERVISHISM — -shˌizəm noun ( -s ) : the principles or practices of the dervishes
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DERVISH — ˈdərvish, -ə̄v-, -əiv-, -vēsh sometimes ˈderv- or ˈdeəv- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Turkish derviş, literally, beggar, from Persian darvēsh …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALENDER — (n.) One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
Английский словарь Webster
CALENDER — ( n. ) One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHIRLING DERVISH — Islam. a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFA'IYA — /ree'fah ee"yeuh/ , n. Islam. a band of dervishes who achieved ecstasy during prayer by violent body movements and self-inflicted …
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QALANDAR — /kal"euhn deuhr/ , n. (in Islamic countries) one of an order of mendicant dervishes founded in the 14th century. Also, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DHIKR — /dik"euhr/ , n. , pl. dhikrs, dhikr . Islam. 1. a meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALENDER — I. ˈka-lən-dər transitive verb ( -dered ; cal·en·der·ing -d(ə-)riŋ) Etymology: Middle French calandrer, from calandre machine for calendering, from Vulgar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALENDER — noun one who pursues the business of calendering. 2. calender ·noun one of a sect or order of fantastically dressed …
Webster English vocab
CALENDER — [cal.en.der] vt -dered ; -der.ing [MF calandrer, fr. calandre machine for calendering, fr. (assumed) VL colendra cylinder, modif. of Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
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Britannica English vocabulary
DERVISH — Arabic Darwish, any member of a Sufi (Muslim mystic) fraternity, or tariqa. Within the Sufi fraternities, which were first organized …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Britannica English vocabulary
DERVISH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB whirl ▪ Some of them were whirling round like dervishes . ▪ The whirling …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DERVISH — n. In Islam, a member of a Sufi fraternity. These mystics stressed emotional aspects of devotion through ecstatic trances, dancing, …
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