incrudelire

Italian

Etymology

From in- + crudele + -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.kru.deˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧cru‧de‧lì‧re

Verb

incrudelìre (first-person singular present incrudelìsco, first-person singular past historic incrudelìi, past participle incrudelìto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive in the sense "to act cruelly or violently") avére or (intransitive in the sense "to become cruel") èssere)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to make cruel or pitiless
  2. (transitive, archaic) to harden (metal)
    Synonym: incrudire
  3. (transitive, archaic, figurative) to make more harsh or severe
    Synonyms: incrudire, rincrudire
  4. (intransitive) to become (more) cruel or pitiless [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive) to commit cruel acts, to act violently, to rage [+ su (object) = against] [auxiliary avere]
  6. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to act cruelly or violently (of a disease, fate, etc.) [+ su (object) = towards] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • incrudelire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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