Italian edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of distruggere (to destroy).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrud.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -uddʒere
  • Hyphenation: strùg‧ge‧re

Verb edit

strùggere (first-person singular present strùggo, first-person singular past historic strùssi, past participle strùtto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, figurative) to consume slowly, causing pain, sadness, etc.
    Synonyms: tormentare, estenuare
    quel pensiero ossessivo lo struggethat obsessive thought is consuming him
    • 2000, Enrico Elli, Giuseppe Langella, Studi di letteratura italiana in onore di Francesco Mattesini, Vita e Pensiero, page 629:
      [] («l’anno si strugge in brace e in cenere», Poesie, p. 150), []
      [] («the year is consumed in embers and ashes», Poesie, pg. 150), []
  2. (rare) to melt
    Synonyms: sciogliere, squagliare, stemperare, disfare, fondere
    • 2012, Carlo Botta, Storia naturale e medica dell’ isola di Corfu’, Nabu Press, page 11:
      [] ; ma essa neve presto si strugge, non potendo resistire al calore di quelle terre orientali.
      [] ; but this snow melts quickly, unable to resist those oriental lands’ heat.
  3. (archaic) to destroy
    Synonyms: distruggere, eliminare; see also Thesaurus:sradicare

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