swingeing

swinge  (swnj)

tr.v. swinged, swinge·ing also swing·ing, swing·es Archaic

To punish with blows; thrash; beat.

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[Middle English swengen, to shake, dash, from Old English swengan.]

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swinger (swnjr) n.

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swingeing [ˈswɪndʒɪŋ]

adj

Chiefly Brit punishing; severe

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

swingeing - severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

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swingeing

adjective (Chiefly Brit.) severe, heavy, drastic, huge, punishing, harsh, excessive, daunting, stringent, oppressive, Draconian, exorbitant swingeing cuts in the workforce

Translations

swingeing [ˈswɪndʒɪŋ] ADJ (Brit) [increase] → vertiginoso; [cut] → fulminante, drástico; [fine] → severísimo; [majority] → abrumador

swingeing [ˈswɪndʒɪŋ] adj (British) [attack] → cinglant(e)
swingeing cuts → des coupes sombres

swingeing

adj (Brit) blow, penalty, punishment → hart; attack → scharf; defeat → vernichtend; taxation, price increases, fee, charge → extrem hoch; cuts → extrem

swingeing [ˈswɪndʒɪŋ] adj (cuts) → drastico/a; (attack, blow) → violento/a; (defeat, majority) → schiacciante; (taxation) → forte; (price increase) → enorme

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swingeing [ˈswɪndʒɪŋ] adj (cuts) → drastico/a; (attack, blow) → violento/a; (defeat, majority) → schiacciante; (taxation) → forte; (price increase) → enorme