Greek English Dictionary

ελληνικά - English

άγριος in English:

1. savage savage


the development of the human race from primitive savages
Don't be that savage!
packs of savage dogs roamed the streets
Police officers were savaged by a dog.
Every savage can dance.
Greece, conquered, took captive her savage conqueror.
His head had been shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon.
The savage robbed me of my precious jewels and ran away.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
... think of: Larry Kramer's savage cry of rage about...
The attack last July on the Iraqi PMOI camp at Ashraf in Iraq can only be described as savage and barbaric.
a savage attack / savage cuts in public services / She wrote a savage review of the book.
She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack’.
to take a savage pleasure in having rows
The savage life is so simple, and our societies are such complex machinery!

2. wild


Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
wild animals
Trombones: it may be fun to go wild, but try not to blat the notes.
When spring comes, people go out to pick wild plants.
Among wild ducks, it seems there are homosexual necrophiliacs.
The panda is indigenous to Sichuan Province and does not live in the wild in any other places.
The passage illustrates Robinson Crusoe's landing on a wild desert island after his shipwreck.
If you make too many, we won't be able to sell them all, so don't go wild.
Definition if things are wild, or if you have a wild time, you do a lot of enjoyable and exciting things in a way that is uncontrolled
Man is a more dangerous foe to man than the elements of nature or animals in the wild.
I am not a rhinoceros, I am not a tiger, but I am led into this barren wild...
One morning at breakfast we children were informed to our utter dismay that we could no longer be permitted to run absolutely wild.
In many parts of the world it is illegal to shoot wild game such as deer, moose or pheasant.
This species of deer is so elusive that only two have ever been photographed in the wild.
Should you go to Scotland, would you please bring me back a wild haggis? Thank you.

3. rough


I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
We've been through a rough patch, but I hope it will have made us stronger.
My job search is really going rough. I don't have any connections.
rough men
It's a rough excuse, you should come up with something else.
A black crocodile, troubling his rest, grabbed him suddenly by his rough and heavy foot.
Go easy on Bob. You know, he's been going though a rough period recently.
The mountains, too, at a distance appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand, they are rough.
The bout turned out rough and neither boxer was going to win hands down.
So, players were often seriously injured and sometimes even killed in these rough games.
A wall of white stone had been built along the beach because the sea was often rough
Because I know you went into the bush and you were in somewhat rough places.
Her rough black dress had been replaced by one of fine black silk.
I feel a bit rough after last night. I don't want to talk to him because of his rough behaviour. (Nie chcę z nim rozmawiać z powodu jego podłego zachowania.
It was a rough mountain road, full of stones and huge holes. My hands get very rough in the cold.

English word "άγριος"(rough) occurs in sets:

Notes 24/11/2017

4. cruel


Life is cruel.
That cruel soldier has been brought to justice.
He could not bear to think of his dog being sold to that cruel man.
The long cruel winter at last came to an end, giving place to a gentle warm spring.
Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.
In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.
Peer helpers made the teacher's job a lot easier, but established a cruel hierarchy among the students.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
an activity that is cruel causes unnecessary suffering to people or animals. If people are cruel, they deliberately cause suffering to other people or animals
cruel events or situations make people suffer in a way that seems
He'd been cruel to turn away from her for even a moment.
Soon after the end of World War 1, people never thought such a hateful and cruel war would break out again.

English word "άγριος"(cruel) occurs in sets:

Notes 21/12/2018 (b)