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  • 1 pestilencial

    • foul-smelling

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pestilencial

  • 2 дурно пахнущий

    Русско-английский словарь по химии > дурно пахнущий

  • 3 зловонный

    Russian-English dictionary of construction > зловонный

  • 4 скверно пахнущий

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > скверно пахнущий

  • 5 дурно пахнущий

    Русско-английский научный словарь > дурно пахнущий

  • 6 pestoso

    • foul-smelling
    • stinking

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pestoso

  • 7 отрыжка с неприятным запахом

    Большой русско-английский медицинский словарь > отрыжка с неприятным запахом

  • 8 тухлая отрыжка

    Большой русско-английский медицинский словарь > тухлая отрыжка

  • 9 ildelugtende

    foul-smelling

    Dansk-engelsk ordbog mini > ildelugtende

  • 10 pekung

    foul-smelling ulceration. 2 tumor.

    Malay-English dictionary > pekung

  • 11 leş gibi

    foul-smelling, putrid, stinking

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > leş gibi

  • 12 hediondo

    adj.
    stinking, stinky, bad-smelling, evil-smelling.
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    1 (apestoso) stinking, foul-smelling, smelly
    2 figurado (asqueroso) filthy, repulsive
    3 figurado (molesto) annoying
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    ADJ
    1) (=maloliente) stinking, foul-smelling
    2) (=asqueroso) repulsive
    3) (=sucio) filthy
    4) (=obsceno) obscene
    5) (=inaguantable) annoying, unbearable
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    - da adjetivo ( fétido) foul-smelling, stinking
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    = stinking, smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], rotting, reeking, putrid, noisome.
    Ex. And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain.
    Ex. This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.
    Ex. Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex. The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
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    - da adjetivo ( fétido) foul-smelling, stinking
    * * *
    = stinking, smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], rotting, reeking, putrid, noisome.

    Ex: And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain.

    Ex: This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.
    Ex: Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.

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    1 (fétido) foul-smelling, stinking
    2 ( fam) (repugnante) disgusting, revolting
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    hediondo
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( fétido) foul-smelling, stinking

    hediondo,-a adjetivo foul-smelling

    ' hediondo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hedionda
    English:
    stinking
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    hediondo, -a adj
    1. [pestilente] stinking, foul-smelling
    2. Formal [insoportable] unbearable
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    adj stinking, foul-smelling
    * * *
    hediondo, -da adj
    maloliente: foul-smelling, stinking

    Spanish-English dictionary > hediondo

  • 13 fétido

    adj.
    fetid, evil-smelling, foul, foul-smelling.
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    1 stinking, fetid
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    (f. - fétida)
    adj.
    fetid, foul
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    ADJ fetid, foul-smelling, stinking
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    - da adjetivo fetid, foul-smelling
    * * *
    = smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], reeking, putrid, noisome, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.].
    Ex. This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.
    Ex. Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex. The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
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    * bomba fétida = stink bomb.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo fetid, foul-smelling
    * * *
    = smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], reeking, putrid, noisome, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.].

    Ex: This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.

    Ex: Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    * bomba fétida = stink bomb.

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    fétido -da
    fetid, foul-smelling
    * * *

    fétido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    fetid, foul-smelling
    fétido,-a adjetivo stinking, fetid

    ' fétido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fétida
    - hediondo
    English:
    fetid
    - foul
    - rank
    - stinking
    * * *
    fétido, -a adj
    fetid, foul-smelling
    * * *
    adj fetid
    * * *
    fétido, -da adj
    : fetid, foul

    Spanish-English dictionary > fétido

  • 14 pestilente

    adj.
    1 foul-smelling.
    2 pestilential, evil-smelling, foul-smelling, pestiferous.
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    1 (apestoso) stinking
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    ADJ
    1) (=dañino) pestilent
    2) (=que huele mal) smelly, foul
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    adjetivo < olor> foul
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    = malodourous [malodorous, -USA], reeking, putrid.
    Ex. Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> foul
    * * *
    = malodourous [malodorous, -USA], reeking, putrid.

    Ex: Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.

    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.

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    1 ‹olor› foul
    2 ( Col fam) (molesto) unbearable, pesky ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    pestilente adjetivo ‹ olor foul
    pestilente adjetivo foul
    ' pestilente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    soltar
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    foul-smelling
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    adj foul-smelling
    * * *
    1) : foul, smelly
    2) : pestilent

    Spanish-English dictionary > pestilente

  • 15 nauséabond

    nauséabond, e [nozeabɔ̃, ɔ̃d]
    adjective
    [odeur] nauseating ; [effluves, fumées] foul-smelling
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    nauséabonde nozeabɔ̃, ɔ̃d adjectif [odeur] sickening, nauseating
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    nozeabɔ̃, ɔ̃d adj nauséabond, -e
    1) (= malodorant) (odeur) foul, (haleine, préparation) foul-smelling
    2) fig (= odieux) sickening
    * * *
    1 lit [odeur] sickening, nauseating; [substance] foul-smelling, stinking;
    2 fig sickening, nauseating.
    ( féminin nauséabonde) [nozeabɔ̃, ɔ̃d] adjectif
    1. [qui sent mauvais] putrid, foul, foul-smelling
    2. [répugnant] nauseating, sickening, repulsive

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > nauséabond

  • 16 kicheche

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    [Swahili Word] kicheche
    [Swahili Plural] vicheche
    [English Word] striped polecat
    [English Plural] striped polecats
    [Taxonomy] Ictonyx striatus
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Swahili Definition] mnyama mdogo wa Afrika alaye nyama. Ana milia myeupe na myeusi na anatoa maji yanukayo sana kutoka matezi ya kinyo
    [English Definition] skunk-like African carnivore of the weasel family that emits foul-smelling liquid from anal glands
    [Terminology] zoology
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    [Swahili Word] kicheche
    [Swahili Plural] vicheche
    [English Word] zorilla
    [English Plural] zorillas
    [Taxonomy] Ictonyx striatus
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Swahili Definition] mnyama mdogo wa Afrika alaye nyama. Ana milia myeupe na myeusi na anatoa maji yanukayo sana kutoka matezi ya kinyo
    [English Definition] skunk-like African carnivore of the weasel family that emits foul-smelling liquid from anal glands
    [Terminology] zoology
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    [Swahili Word] kicheche nyoka
    [Swahili Plural] vicheche nyoka
    [English Word] African striped weasel
    [English Plural] African striped weasels
    [Taxonomy] Poecilogale albinucha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Swahili Definition] mnyama mdogo wa Afrika alaye nyama. Ana milia myeupe na myeusi na anatoa maji yanukayo sana kutoka matezi ya kinyo
    [English Definition] skunk-like African carnivore of the weasel family that emits foul-smelling liquid from anal glands
    [Terminology] zoology
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    [Swahili Word] kicheche nyoka
    [Swahili Plural] vicheche nyoka
    [English Word] white-naped weasel
    [English Plural] white-naped weasels
    [Taxonomy] Poecilogale albinucha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Swahili Definition] mnyama mdogo wa Afrika alaye nyama. Ana milia myeupe na myeusi na anatoa maji yanukayo sana kutoka matezi ya kinyo
    [English Definition] skunk-like African carnivore of the weasel family that emits foul-smelling liquid from anal glands
    [Terminology] zoology
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    Swahili-english dictionary > kicheche

  • 17 malodorant

    malodorant, e [malɔdɔʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t]
    adjective
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    malodorante malɔdɔʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif foul-smelling (épith)
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    malɔdɔʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj malodorant, -e
    * * *
    malodorant, malodorante adj foul-smelling ( épith).
    ( féminin malodorante) [malɔdɔrɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif
    malodorous (soutenu), foul-smelling, smelly

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > malodorant

  • 18 maloliente

    adj.
    1 smelly.
    2 bad-smelling, stinky, cheesy, evil-smelling.
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    1 foul-smelling, stinking
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    ADJ stinking, smelly
    * * *
    adjetivo stinking, smelly
    * * *
    = smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], reeking, putrid, noisome.
    Ex. This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.
    Ex. Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex. The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    * * *
    adjetivo stinking, smelly
    * * *
    = smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], reeking, putrid, noisome.

    Ex: This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.

    Ex: Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.

    * * *
    stinking, smelly
    * * *

    maloliente adjetivo
    stinking, smelly
    maloliente adjetivo foul-smelling, stinking
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    smelly
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    adj stinking
    * * *
    hediondo: foul-smelling, smelly
    * * *
    maloliente adj smelly [comp. smellier; superl. smelliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > maloliente

  • 19 पूति _pūti

    पूति a. [पूय्-क्तिच्] Putrid, stinking, fetid, foul-smelling; यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् Bg.17.1.
    -तिः f. [पू-पूय् वा भावे क्तिन्]
    1 Purification.
    -2 Stink, stench; पूतिक्लिन्न Bh.3.18 (v. l.); Ms.11.5.
    -3 Putrefaction. -n.
    1 Filthy water.
    -2 Pus, matter.
    -3 The substance called civet.
    -Comp. -अण्डः 1 A musk-deer.
    -2 a kind of insect.
    -काष्ठम् the Devadāru tree.
    -काष्ठकः the Sarala tree.
    -केसरः a civet-cat.
    -गन्ध a. putrid, fetid, foul-smelling, stinking.
    (-न्धः) 1 stench, fetid odour.
    -2 the Iṅgudi plant.
    -3 sulphur.
    -गन्धि a. stinking, foul-smelling.
    -गन्धिक a. stinking, fetid.
    -तैला heart- pea.
    -नस्यम् a kind of disease of the nose in which it emits offensive breath; दोषैर्विदग्धैर्गलतालुमूले संवासितो यस्य समीरणस्तु । निरेति पूतिर्मुखनासिकाभ्यां तं पूतिनस्यं प्रवदन्ति रोगम् ॥ Suśr.
    -नासिक a. having a fetid nose.
    -वक्त्र a. having offensive breath.
    -वातः 'foul air', a fart; Bhāg.5.5. 3.
    -वाहः (= बिल्ववृक्षः).
    -व्रणम् a foul ulcer (discharging pus).
    -शारिजा a civet-cat.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > पूति _pūti

  • 20 übel

    I Adj.
    1. (schlimm) bad; (scheußlich) horrible, nasty; (gemein) nasty; (moralisch verwerflich) unsavo(u)ry; ein übler Trick a nasty trick; üble Geschäfte shady dealings; übler Ruf bad reputation; ein übler Kerl umg. a nasty customer; er ist kein übler Kerl umg. he’s all right; übles Schimpfwort horrible swearword; Nachrede
    2. (unangenehm) unpleasant; in eine üble Lage bringen get into a nasty situation; ich bin in eine üble Sache hineingeschlittert I stumbled into a nasty situation; nicht übel umg. not bad; kein übler Gedanke umg. not a bad idea
    3. (stinkend) foul (auch umg. Wetter); übler Geruch / Geschmack foul ( oder awful) smell / taste
    4. mir ist übel I feel sick; dabei kann einem übel werden it’s enough to make you sick
    II Adv.
    1. (schlecht, unangenehm) badly; übel riechen smell (awful), stink; ganz übel aus dem Mund riechen have really bad breath; das riecht / schmeckt gar nicht übel it doesn’t smell / taste at all bad; übel riechend foul smelling; Atem: foul
    2. fig. (schlecht, schlimm) badly; jemanden auf übelste Weise beschimpfen insult s.o. in a very unpleasant way; es bekam ihr übel it didn’t do her any good; es ging übel aus it turned out badly; übel beraten sein be badly advised; übel dran sein umg. be in a bad way; übel gelaunt bad-tempered, grumpy umg.; übel gelaunt sein vorübergehend: auch be in a bad ( stärker: foul) mood; übel gesinnt ill-disposed (+ Dat toward[s]); das klingt nicht übel umg. that’s not a bad idea; ich hätte nicht übel Lust, ihn anzuzeigen etc. I have a good mind to report etc. him
    3. (negativ, nachteilig) badly; etw. übel nehmen take s.th. amiss, take offen|ce (Am. -se) at; jemandem etw. übel nehmen längerfristig: hold s.th. against s.o.; das nehme ich ihm jetzt aber übel this is something I hold against him now; du nimmst es mir doch nicht übel, oder? you’re not offended, are you?; jemandem übel wollen be ill-disposed toward(s) s.o.; (jemandem schaden wollen) be out to harm s.o., have it in for s.o. umg.; mitspielen I 5, vermerken 2, wohl1 2, zurichten 2 etc.
    * * *
    das Übel
    woe; evil
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    ['yːbl]
    nt -s, -
    1) (geh = Krankheit, Leiden) illness, malady (old)
    2) (= Missstand) ill, evil

    ein notwendiges/das kleinere or geringere Ǘbel — a necessary/the lesser evil

    das alte Ǘbel — the old trouble

    der Grund allen Ǘbels ist, dass... — the cause or root of all the trouble is that...

    die Gleichgültigkeit ist die Wurzel alles or allen Ǘbels — indifference is the root of all evil

    das Ǘbel bei der Sache — the trouble

    3) (= Plage, Schaden) evil

    von Ǘbel sein — to be a bad thing, to be bad

    zu allem Ǘbel... — to make matters worse...

    ein Ǘbel kommt selten allein (Prov)misfortunes seldom come alone

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    das
    1) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) evil
    2) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) ill
    3) (unpleasant, nasty or dangerous: ugly black clouds; The crowd was in an ugly mood.) ugly
    4) (rough and violent: It's a tough neighbourhood.) tough
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    <-s, ->
    [ˈy:bl̩]
    nt (Missstand) evil
    zu allem \Übel to cap [or crown] it all
    das kleinere [o geringere] \Übel the lesser evil
    ein \Übel kommt selten allein (prov) misfortunes never come singly prov, it never rains but it pours prov
    ein notwendiges \Übel a necessary evil
    von \Übel sein to be a bad thing [or bad]
    von \Übel sein, etw zu tun to be a bad thing to do sth
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    das; Übels, Übel
    1) (Missstand, Ärgernis) evil

    zu allem Übel — on top of everything else; to make matters [even] worse

    2) (meist geh.): (Krankheit) illness; malady
    3) (geh., veralt.): (das Böse) evil no art.

    von od. vom Übel sein — be an evil

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    A. adj
    1. (schlimm) bad; (scheußlich) horrible, nasty; (gemein) nasty; (moralisch verwerflich) unsavo(u)ry;
    ein übler Trick a nasty trick;
    üble Geschäfte shady dealings;
    übler Ruf bad reputation;
    ein übler Kerl umg a nasty customer;
    er ist kein übler Kerl umg he’s all right;
    übles Schimpfwort horrible swearword; Nachrede
    2. (unangenehm) unpleasant;
    in eine üble Lage bringen get into a nasty situation;
    ich bin in eine üble Sache hineingeschlittert I stumbled into a nasty situation;
    nicht übel umg not bad;
    kein übler Gedanke umg not a bad idea
    3. (stinkend) foul (auch umg Wetter);
    übler Geruch/Geschmack foul ( oder awful) smell/taste
    4.
    mir ist übel I feel sick;
    dabei kann einem übel werden it’s enough to make you sick
    B. adv
    1. (schlecht, unangenehm) badly;
    übel riechen smell (awful), stink;
    ganz übel aus dem Mund riechen have really bad breath;
    das riecht/schmeckt gar nicht übel it doesn’t smell/taste at all bad;
    übel riechend foul smelling; Atem: foul
    2. fig (schlecht, schlimm) badly;
    jemanden auf übelste Weise beschimpfen insult sb in a very unpleasant way;
    es bekam ihr übel it didn’t do her any good;
    es ging übel aus it turned out badly;
    übel beraten sein be badly advised;
    übel dran sein umg be in a bad way;
    übel gelaunt bad-tempered, grumpy umg;
    übel gelaunt sein vorübergehend: auch be in a bad ( stärker: foul) mood;
    übel gesinnt ill-disposed (+dat toward[s]);
    das klingt nicht übel umg that’s not a bad idea;
    ich hätte nicht übel Lust, ihn anzuzeigen etc I have a good mind to report etc him
    3. (negativ, nachteilig) badly;
    übel nehmen take sth amiss, take offence (US -se) at;
    das nehme ich ihm jetzt aber übel this is something I hold against him now;
    du nimmst es mir doch nicht übel, oder? you’re not offended, are you?; mitspielen A 5, vermerken 2, wohl1 2, zurichten 2 etc
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    das; Übels, Übel
    1) (Missstand, Ärgernis) evil

    zu allem Übel — on top of everything else; to make matters [even] worse

    2) (meist geh.): (Krankheit) illness; malady
    3) (geh., veralt.): (das Böse) evil no art.

    von od. vom Übel sein — be an evil

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    -- n.
    evil n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > übel

См. также в других словарях:

  • foul-smelling — adj. emitting an unpleasasnt odor. Syn: fetid, foul, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foul-smelling — adj. Foul smelling is used with these nouns: ↑air …   Collocations dictionary

  • foul-smelling — adjective offensively malodorous (Freq. 2) a foul odor the kitchen smelled really funky • Syn: ↑fetid, ↑foetid, ↑foul, ↑funky, ↑noisome, ↑sme …   Useful english dictionary

  • foul-smelling — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having an unpleasant odor: fetid, foul, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, reeky, stinking. Informal: smelly. See SMELLS …   English dictionary for students

  • foul-smelling — adjective Having an unpleasant odor …   Wiktionary

  • foul — foul1 [ faul ] adjective * ▸ 1 dirty ▸ 2 not allowed by rules ▸ 3 angry ▸ 4 about weather ▸ 5 unpleasant/evil ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) very dirty, or smelling or tasting unpleasant: What s that foul smell? The air within the cell was foul. foul… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • foul — 1 adjective 1 SMELL/TASTE a foul smell or taste is very unpleasant: I gulped down some water to take the foul taste out of my mouth. | foul tasting/foul smelling: The bags of garbage had been piled up in a foul smelling heap. 2 in a foul… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • foul — I UK [faʊl] / US adjective Word forms foul : adjective foul comparative fouler superlative foulest * 1) very dirty, or smelling or tasting unpleasant What s that foul smell? The air within the cell was foul. foul smelling/foul tasting etc: a foul …   English dictionary

  • foul — foul1 [faul] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(smell/taste)¦ 2 in a foul mood/temper 3¦(air/water)¦ 4 foul language 5¦(weather)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: ful] 1.) ¦(SMELL/TASTE)¦ a foul smell or taste is very unpleasant = ↑disgusting …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • -smelling — [[t] smelɪŋ[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED smelling combines with adjectives to form adjectives which indicate how something smells. ...sweet smelling dried flowers... The city is covered by a foul smelling cloud of smoke …   English dictionary

  • foul — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dirty, soiled, disgusting; stormy, unpleasant; obscene, indecent; clogged, choked, entangled; unfair, underhand. See uncleanness, impurity, improbity. fall foul of II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Soiled] …   English dictionary for students

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