Dickensian in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for Dickensian in the English»Italian Dictionary

Dickensian [Brit dɪˈkɛnzɪən, Am dəˈkɛnziən] ADJ

1. Dickensian:

Dickensian character, world

dickensiano

Dickensian evening

in costume stile dickensiano

2. Dickensian pej:

Dickensian conditions

miserabile, malsano

Dickensian buildings

squallido

Translations for Dickensian in the Italian»English Dictionary

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A tiny lady, less than 5 feet tall, she dressed in thick tweeds and hunting capes even in midsummer; one could say a Dickensian character.

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The building consisted of seven different freeholds and had been described as a Dickensian rabbit warren.

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Maybe the children aren't the scrawny poor Dickensian souls of my imagination, but clean-faced, rosy-cheeked and obese.

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New this year is man-made snow drifting at the front entrance of the hotel on weekends, adding to a citywide Dickensian winter theme.

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It was well-nigh Dickensian in its range and comic observation.

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Throughout the narrative, typical Dickensian themes emerge: wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil.

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His Dickensian-themed paintings formed their own genre; charged with a socially reflective moods and personal circumstance, all underpinned by a rigorous technique.

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It would make for an appropriately Dickensian social comedy, if so.

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She was then a peer-support worker, but under the Dickensian welfare rules, she was earning less working part-time than sitting at home.

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That's far from the only Dickensian touch in the trilogy.

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