accanito

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ak.kaˈni.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ca‧nì‧to

Adjective

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accanito (feminine accanita, masculine plural accaniti, feminine plural accanite)

  1. fierce, keen, cutthroat
    Synonyms: implacabile, furioso, spietato, rabbioso, arrabbiato
    Antonym: mite
    dopo accaniti sforzi
    after fierce efforts
  2. fierce, assiduous, dogged (person)
    Synonyms: ostinato, pervicace, assiduo, tenace, caparbio, testardo, puntiglioso, incallito
    Antonyms: arrendevole, docile, remissivo
    un nemico accanitoan assiduous enemy
  3. inveterate
    un fumatore accanitoan inveterate smoker
  4. constant and loud (of noise or rain)
    Synonyms: assiduo, costante, insistente

Derived terms

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Participle

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accanito (feminine accanita, masculine plural accaniti, feminine plural accanite)

  1. past participle of accanire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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accanitō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of accanō