позорный

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Russian

Etymology

позо́р (pozór) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

позо́рный (pozórnyj) (comparative (по)позо́рнее or (по)позо́рней)

  1. disgraceful, shameful
    Synonym: посты́дный (postýdnyj)
    позо́рный столб (historical)pozórnyj stolbpillory
    поста́вить к позо́рному столбу́postávitʹ k pozórnomu stolbúto put in the pillory; to pillory
    • 1917, Владимир Ленин, Декларация прав народов России; English translation from The Nation, transl., Declaration of the Rights for the Peoples of Russia, 1919:
      Этой позорной политике натравливания нет и не должно быть возврата.
      Etoj pozornoj politike natravlivanija net i ne dolžno bytʹ vozvrata.
      There can be and there must be no return to this disgraceful policy of instigation.

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