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    swingeing
    /ˈswɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. severe or extreme in size, amount, or effect: British "swingeing cuts in public expenditure"

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  2. extreme and having a serious and unpleasant effect: We are going to have to make swingeing cuts in the budget. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and severe. acutely. acuteness. advanced. catastrophically. chronic. dire. fatal. grave. grievously. heaviness. hyperacute. non-fatal. non-serious. seriously. stringent. terminally.

  3. The meaning of SWINGEING is very large, high, or severe. How to use swingeing in a sentence.

  4. Swingeing is an adjective that means severe, punishing, or enormous, especially in British English. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of swingeing in different languages.

  5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A swingeing action, such as an attack or cut, is very great or severe. [British, mainly journalism] The book mounted a swingeing attack on the economics of the day. There have been swingeing cuts in government subsidies. Synonyms: severe, heavy, drastic, huge More Synonyms of swingeing.

  6. Definition of swingeing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. Swingeing definition: enormous; thumping.. See examples of SWINGEING used in a sentence.

  8. Swinging means very severe or harsh, especially in punishment or reduction. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from the corpus and its origin from swinge.