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thuggish

/ˈθʌɡɪʃ/

Meanings
adjective

Voyou, brutal, violent

Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.

Examples :

"Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult."
Leur comportement brutal a rendu la poursuite des négociations très difficile.
appearance character attitude society negative inhuman
adjective

Crapuleux, brutal

Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).

Examples :

"The historical drama portrayed the Thuggee cult as a group of men who used thuggish methods to rob and murder unsuspecting travelers. "
Le drame historique dépeignait la secte des Thugs comme un groupe d'hommes qui utilisaient des méthodes crapuleuses pour voler et assassiner des voyageurs sans méfiance.
character police war negative

Related Words

Illustration negotiations

negotiations noun

/nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/ /nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/

Négociations, pourparlers

"The salary negotiations between the employee and the company ended with a mutually agreeable compromise. "

Les négociations salariales entre l'employé et l'entreprise se sont conclues par un compromis mutuellement acceptable.

Illustration resembling

resembling verb

/ɹɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/

Ressembler à

"The twins resemble each other."

Les jumeaux se ressemblent.

Illustration historical

historical noun

/hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/ /hɪˈstɔːɹɪkəl/

Roman historique

"The historical romance novel was a bestseller in the bookstore. "

Le roman historique était un best-seller dans la librairie.

Illustration continuing

continuing verb

/kənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/

Continuer, poursuivre

"Do you want me to continue to unload these?"

Voulez-vous que je continue à les décharger ?

Illustration intimidating

intimidating verb

/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪtɪŋ/

Intimider, effrayer

"The large dog's loud barking was intimidating the small children playing in the park. "

Les aboiements bruyants du grand chien intimidaient les jeunes enfants qui jouaient dans le parc.

Illustration unsuspecting

unsuspecting adjective

/ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ/ /ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪn/

ignorant, qui ne se doute de rien

"He easily shot the unsuspecting target."

Il a facilement tiré sur la cible qui ne se doutait de rien.

Illustration capitalized

capitalized verb

/ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪzd/ /ˈkæpɪtlˌaɪzd/

Mettre en majuscules

"In German, all nouns are capitalized."

En allemand, tous les noms sont mis en majuscules.

Illustration characteristic

characteristic noun

/ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/ /ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/

Caractéristique, trait

"The characteristic smell of freshly baked bread always reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen. "

L'odeur caractéristique du pain fraîchement cuit me rappelle toujours la cuisine de ma grand-mère.

Illustration appearing

appearing verb

/əˈpɪəɹ.ɪŋ/

Apparaître, se montrer

"The sun was finally appearing from behind the clouds. "

Le soleil apparaissait enfin derrière les nuages.

Illustration difficult

difficult verb

/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

Difficiliter, entraver, perplexe

"The complicated instructions on the new software difficult me from completing the project on time. "

Les instructions compliquées du nouveau logiciel m'empêchent de terminer le projet à temps.

Illustration characterized

characterized verb

/ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪzd/

Caractériser, dépeindre

"The teacher characterized the student as disruptive in class. "

Le professeur a caractérisé l'élève comme perturbateur en classe.

Illustration difficile

difficile adjective

/ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/ /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/

Difficile, têtu

""My cat is very difficile; he refuses to take his medicine." "

Mon chat est très têtu ; il refuse de prendre ses médicaments.