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• tuikea• tuima• tuima (vihainen)• häijy• hirtehinen• ankara• armoton• ankea• katkera• karkea• kauhistuttava• kamala• kaamea• kova• kolkko* * *ɡrim1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) kauhea2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) tuima3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) peräänantamaton•- grimness- grimly
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122 painful
adjectivebe/become painful — [Körperteil:] weh tun od. schmerzen
suffer from a painful shoulder — Schmerzen in der Schulter haben
2) (distressing) schmerzlich [Gedanke, Erinnerung]; traurig [Pflicht]it was painful to watch him — es tat weh, ihm zuzusehen
* * ** * *pain·ful[ˈpeɪnfəl]1. (causing physical pain) schmerzhaft\painful death qualvoller Tod2. (upsetting) schmerzlichit was my \painful duty to tell him the news ich hatte die traurige Aufgabe, ihm die Nachricht mitzuteilenthe latest murder is a \painful reminder of the violence in the city der jüngste Mordfall erinnert wieder einmal auf tragische Weise an die Gewalt, die in der Stadt herrscht* * *['peInfUl]adj1) (physically) injury schmerzhaftis it painful? — tut es weh?
it's painful to the touch — es tut weh, wenn man es berührt
my arm was becoming painful — mein Arm fing an zu schmerzen
2) (= unpleasant, distressing) task, decision, feeling, subject, fact schmerzlich; process, reminder, memory, experience schmerzlich, schmerzhaft; lesson schmerzhaftit was painful to admit that... — es war schmerzlich zuzugeben, dass...
it is my painful duty to tell you that... — ich habe die traurige Pflicht, Ihnen mitteilen zu müssen, dass...
3) (inf: terrible) peinlichpainful, isn't it? —
I went to the party but it was really painful (= boring) (= embarrassing) — ich war auf der Party, aber es war zum Sterben langweilig ich war auf der Party, eine äußerst peinliche Angelegenheit
4) (= laborious) schmerzlich* * *painful adj1. schmerzend, schmerzhaft:be painful schmerzen, wehtun;2. a) schmerzlich, quälend (Erinnerungen etc)b) peinlich:produce a painful impression peinlich wirkenc) unangenehm3. mühsam, beschwerlich* * *adjective1) (causing pain) schmerzhaft [Krankheit, Operation, Wunde]be/become painful — [Körperteil:] weh tun od. schmerzen
2) (distressing) schmerzlich [Gedanke, Erinnerung]; traurig [Pflicht]it was painful to watch him — es tat weh, ihm zuzusehen
* * *adj.mühsam adj.peinlich adj.schmerzhaft adj.schmerzlich adj.ärgerlich adj. -
123 nasty
nasty [ˈnα:stɪ]a. ( = unkind, spiteful) [person, remark] méchantb. [habit, rumour] vilain ; [bend] dangereux ; [smell, taste, moment] mauvais before n ; [feeling, situation, experience] désagréable ; [weather] affreuxc. ( = serious) [accident] grave ; [fall, wound] vilain* * *['nɑːstɪ] 1.(colloq) noun (in food, water, air) saleté f2.video nasty — film m d'épouvante en vidéo
1) ( unpleasant) [crime, experience, sight, taste, surprise, suspicion] horrible; [feeling, task] désagréable; [habit, weather, smell, taste] mauvais; [expression, look] méchant; [rumour] inquiétant; [stain] gros/grosse; [affair, business] sale (before n)to turn nasty — [person, dog] devenir méchant; [weather] se gâter
to be a nasty piece of work — (colloq) GB être un sale type (colloq)/une sale bonne femme (colloq)
2) ( unkind) [person] désagréable; [trick] sale (before n), vilain; [gossip, remark, letter] méchant3) ( serious) [cut, bruise] vilain (before n); [bump, crack, fall, accident] grave; [cold] mauvais (before n)4) ( ugly) affreux/-euse5) ( tricky) [problem, question] difficile; [bend] dangereux/-euse -
124 disagreeable
[dɪsə'griːəbl]adj* * *adjective (unpleasant: a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.) nieprzyjemny -
125 disagreeable
adjective (unpleasant: a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.) nepatīkams* * *nepatīkams; nelaipns, īgns -
126 grim
[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) drūms; briesmīgs2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) bargs; nežēlīgs3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) nelokāms•- grimness- grimly
- like grim death* * *kvēpi, netīrumi; notašķīt, notraipīt; bargs, nežēlīgs; nelokāms; drūms -
127 disagreeable
adjective (unpleasant: a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.) nemalonus -
128 grim
[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) siaubingas, bjaurus, atgrasus2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) rūstus3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) tvirtas, nepalenkiamas•- grimness- grimly
- like grim death
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