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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. severe; punishingly bad;
- Example: "swingeing taxation"
- Example: "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (sw[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. [1913 Webster] I had swinged him soundly. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. -- Swinge"ing*ly, adv. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

swingeing adj 1: severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "swingeing": Draconian, bully, capital, champion, considerable, daunting, devastating, drastic, enormous, excessive, excruciating, exorbitant, famous, harsh, huge, immense, major, oppressive, painful, prime, punishing, severe, stringent, stunning, superior, thumping, top, violent