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turpis meaning in English

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turpis [turpe, turpior -or -us, turpissimus -a -um] adjective

base, shameful, disgusting, repulsiveadjective

disgracefuladjective
[UK: dɪs.ˈɡreɪ.sfəl] [US: ˌdɪˈs.ɡreɪ.sfəl]

indecentadjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈdiːsnt] [US: ˌɪn.ˈdiː.sənt]

nasty [nastier, nastiest]adjective
[UK: ˈnɑː.sti] [US: ˈnæ.sti]

ugly [uglier, ugliest]adjective
[UK: ˈʌ.ɡli] [US: ˈʌ.ɡli]
I'm ugly. = Turpis sum.

turpe [turpis] (3rd) N
noun

base / shameful thingnoun

disgracenoun
[UK: dɪs.ˈɡreɪs] [US: ˌdɪˈs.ɡreɪs]

shame, reproachnoun

turpissime adverb

baselyadverb
[UK: beɪ.sli] [US: beɪ.sli]

found in Patrologiae Graecae, 19th Centadverb

shamefullyadverb
[UK: ˈʃeɪm.fə.li] [US: ˈʃeɪm.fə.li]

uglilyadverb
[UK: ˈʌglɪli ] [US: ˈʌglɪli ]

turpe [turpius, turpissime] adverb

in an ugly / unsightly manneradverb

repulsively, disgracefully, shamelesslyadverb

perturpis [perturpis, perturpe] adjective

scandalousadjective
[UK: ˈskæn.də.ləs] [US: ˈskæn.də.ləs]

subturpis [subturpis, subturpe] adjective

somewhat mean / repulsiveadjective