Words 901–1000
médiocrité
mediocrity (quality of being intermediate between two extremes); mediocrity, middlingness
Noun
adosser
to back up (put someone's back (against)); to lean (back); to back up (put one's back against something)
Verb
froisser
to crumple, rumple, crease (paper, fabric…); to offend, to hurt someone's feelings; to take offence, be hurt
Verb
disproportionné
misproportioned, disproportionate, out of proportion, misshaped (not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size); out of proportion, excessive, exaggerate, disproportionate
Adjective
abîme
abyss, chasm; bottom of a chasm or valley; infiniteness of thought; superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme; hell; abyss of a shield, fess point
Noun
terminologie
terminology (the set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms); terminology (the scientific study of such terms)
Noun
boudin
blood sausage, black pudding; tube, ring; fatty, lardarse; ugly person (not necessarily obese)
Noun
adultère
adulterer, adulteress (an adulterous woman); adultery (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse)
Noun
confinement
confinement; the act of quarantining, of putting into quarantine; quarantine; lockdown; containment
Noun
flanquer
to flank, adjoin; to fling, chuck; to give; to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right-hand man
Verb
filial
filial (characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents)
Adjective
réticent
reserved (not sharing or disclosing much, keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself); reluctant (unwilling, offering resistance, not wanting to take some action)
Adjective
décadence
decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration); decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
Noun
lorrain
of, from or relating to Lorraine, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France
Adjective
stigmatiser
to stigmatize (to mark with a permanent identity mark branded, cut or tattooed onto the skin); to blame, to criticize
Verb