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1 Tantalusqualen
* * *Tạn|ta|lus|qua|len ['tantalʊs-]pl (geh)torments pl of Tantalus (liter)ich litt Tantalusqualen — it was tantalizing, I suffered torments (liter)
* * *Tan·ta·lus·qua·len[ˈtantalʊs-]pl* * *Tantalusqualen pl:wir haben Tantalusqualen gelitten it was torture ( oder so tantalizing) for us -
2 quälend
I Part. Präs. quälen* * *haunting; distressing; afflicting; anguishing; worrying; grilling* * *quä|lend1. adjagonizing; Erinnerungen auch tormenting; Krankheit auch excruciatingquä́lende Ungewissheit/Zweifel — agonizing uncertainty/doubts, agonies of uncertainty/doubt
quä́lender Schmerz — agonizing or excruciating pain
2. advagonizinglyquä́lend langsam — agonizingly slow
* * *1) (causing agony: an agonizing pain.) agonizing2) (causing agony: an agonizing pain.) agonising3) agonizingly4) agonisingly5) (continuously troublesome: a nagging worry/pain.) nagging* * *quä·lend[ˈkvɛ:lənt]adj attr agonizing; Gedanken, Gefühle a. tormentingein \quälender Husten a hacking cough\quälende Schmerzen excruciating [or agonizing] pain* * ** * *adj.agonizing adj.anguishing adj.excruciating adj.haunting adj.obsessing adj.tantalizing adj. adv.hauntingly adv.obsessvely adv. -
3 peinigend
adj.tantalizing adj. adv.tormenting adv. -
4 aufreizend
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5 peinigend
1. distressful2. martyring3. tantalising Br.4. tantalizing5. tormenting -
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