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Meaning of zemiskums | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2

Definitions

vileness, baseness, meanness (the quality or state of that which is vile, base, mean, lowly)

declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“cilvēkiem jākļūst drošiem un cildenime; tie jāatbrivo no skaudības, zemiskuma, mantkārības”

people should be brave and sublime; they should be freed from envy, meanness and greed

“ir cilvēki, kurus ļaunums, zemiskums vairāk aizvaino nekā šķēps”

there are people whose evil (character) and vileness wounds more than darts

“kalni bija kā teiku varoņi, kas nekļūst mazi arī tad, kad apkārt zemiskums dara savus sīkos, necienīgos darbus”

the mountains were like legend heroes who do not become small even when all around them vileness does its petty, base work

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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