テーマ 08
Criticism, Scorn & Insult
帰国子女・インターナショナルスクール生のための、デジタルSAT の無料単語教材。独学で進められます。
読み込み中…
このテーマの全語です。定義を隠して、 よい意味・わるい意味・中立の三つに分けてみるのが、いちばん効く使い方です。 分け間違えた語が、そのまま自分の弱点になります。
Every word in this theme. The best use of it is to cover the meanings and sort the list into positive, negative and neutral. Whichever ones you put in the wrong pile are exactly your weak spots.
内訳:よい意味 0語 / わるい意味 39語 / 中立 0語。 強さはこのテーマの中での相対です—— テーマをまたいで比べる数字ではありません。
0 positive, 39 negative, 0 neutral. Strength is ranked within this theme only — the numbers are not comparable across themes.
| 語Word | 向き+/− | 強さStrength | 意味Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| abase v | − | ●● | to humiliate someone or bring them low — 卑しめるdebase は物や価値を下げますが、abase は人の尊厳を下げます。debase lowers the worth or quality of a thing; abase lowers a person's dignity. |
| acerbic adj | − | ● | sharp and bitter in tone — 辛辣な |
| admonish v | − | ● | to warn or scold gently but firmly — 戒める |
| affront n | − | ●● | an open insult — 公然の侮辱 |
| aspersion n | − | ●● | a damaging remark about someone's character — 中傷calumny は評判を壊すための嘘ですが、aspersion は人格に投げつける一言です。calumny is a spread of lies built to wreck a reputation; an aspersion is one damaging remark thrown at someone's character. |
| berate v | − | ●● | to scold at length and angrily — 長々と怒鳴る |
| calumny n | − | ●●● | lies spread to wreck a reputation — 虚偽の中傷aspersion は一つの中傷発言ですが、calumny は評判を壊すための嘘です。an aspersion is one damaging remark aimed at someone's character; calumny is lies circulated to wreck a reputation. |
| carp v | − | ● | to complain about small things constantly — あら探しする |
| caustic adj | − | ●● | burningly sarcastic — 焼けつく皮肉acerbic より強く刺さります。ただし vitriolic ほどの憎悪はありません。caustic cuts harder than acerbic, but it lacks the hatred behind vitriolic. |
| censure v | − | ●● | to condemn formally and publicly — 公式に非難denounce は公然とした糾弾、censure は組織や公的機関による正式な譴責です。denounce is condemning someone out loud in public; censure is a formal reprimand handed down by an institution or official body. |
| chastise v | − | ●● | to punish or rebuke severely — 厳しく罰する |
| chide v | − | ● | to scold mildly — 軽くしかる |
| debase v | − | ●● | to lower the quality or dignity of something — 価値を下げるabase は人を辱めますが、debase は品質や価値そのものを落とします。abase humiliates a person; debase drags down the quality or worth of the thing itself. |
| decry v | − | ●● | to condemn openly — 声高に非難 |
| defamatory adj | − | ●●● | damaging to someone's good name — 名誉毀損の |
| demean v | − | ●● | to treat someone as beneath their dignity — 見下して扱う |
| denigrate v | − | ●● | to run down someone's reputation — 評判を落とす |
| denounce v | − | ●● | to condemn someone publicly — 糾弾する |
| deplore v | − | ●● | to regard with open disapproval or grief — 嘆き非難する |
| deprecate v | − | ● | to belittle or play down — 軽んじる |
| deride v | − | ●● | to mock openly — あざ笑うdisparage は見下した物言いですが、deride には嘲笑が伴います。disparage is speaking of someone slightingly; deride adds open mockery and laughter. |
| disdain n | − | ●● | contempt for something seen as beneath you — 軽蔑 |
| disparage v | − | ●● | to speak of someone slightingly — けなすvilify は人格を徹底的に攻撃しますが、disparage は見下した物言いどまりです。vilify goes after a person's character to destroy it; disparage stops at talking about them slightingly. |
| disrepute n | − | ● | a fallen reputation — 評判の失墜 |
| ignominious adj | − | ●●● | humiliating and disgraceful — 不名誉な |
| infamy n | − | ●●● | fame for something shameful — 悪名 |
| invective n | − | ●●● | a torrent of abusive language — 罵詈雑言 |
| malediction n | − | ●●● | a curse — 呪いの言葉 |
| notorious adj | − | ●● | well known for something bad — 悪名高い |
| pejorative adj | − | ● | insulting in connotation — 侮蔑的な |
| rail v | − | ●● | to protest bitterly against something — 激しく抗議 |
| rebuke v | − | ●● | to reprimand sharply — 鋭く叱責 |
| reproach v | − | ● | to express disappointment in someone — 失望して責めるreprove は相手の行いを正す注意ですが、reproach は失望の表明が中心です。reprove aims at correcting what someone did; reproach is mainly letting them know you are disappointed. |
| reprove v | − | ● | to correct someone with a rebuke — たしなめるreproach は失望を伝えるだけですが、reprove は行いを正そうとします。reproach only voices disappointment; reprove sets out to correct the behavior. |
| scathing adj | − | ●●● | cuttingly harsh — 痛烈な |
| upbraid v | − | ●● | to scold severely — 厳しく叱る |
| vilify v | − | ●●● | to attack someone's character viciously — 徹底的に中傷disparage が軽く見下す程度なのに対し、vilify は人格そのものを潰しにいきます。disparage is a mild talking-down; vilify attacks the person's character itself and tries to ruin it. |
| vitriolic adj | − | ●●● | savagely bitter — 憎悪に満ちたscathing は批判が鋭いだけですが、vitriolic には憎しみがこもります。scathing means the criticism is sharp; vitriolic means hatred is behind it. |
| vituperate v | − | ●●● | to berate abusively — 口汚くののしる |