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1 düster
Adj. Dial. düster I 1* * *sad; funereal; sepulchral; shadowy; sullen; shady; dusky; drab; somber; macabre; tenebrous; sombre; sepulcher; saturnine; dark; dismal; dim; obscure; gloomy* * *dus|ter ['duːstɐ]adjSee:= dunkel* * *1) (dim; dark: gloomy rooms.) gloomy2) dismally3) (gloomy: dismal news; Don't look so dismal!) dismal4) (dark (and gloomy): Black is a sombre colour.) sombre5) (grave; serious: He was in a sombre mood.) sombre* * *düs·ter[ˈdy:stɐ]1. (finster) dark, gloomyein \düsterer Himmel a gloomy [or an overcast] [or BRIT a heavy] sky\düsteres Wetter dismal [or gloomy] weather2. (bedrückend) gloomy, melancholy\düstere Gestalten melancholy figureseine \düstere Ahnung a foreboding\düstere Prognosen gloomy predictionsein \düsteres Szenario a gloomy scenario3. (schwermütig) black, gloomy, melancholyeine \düstere Miene a gloomy [or melancholy] face\düstere Gedanken black thoughtseine \düstere Stimmung a black [or melancholy] mood* * *1.1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>2.adverbial (fig.) gloomily* * *A. adj2. (bedrückend) Aussichten: dismal, grim, depressing; Atmosphäre, Prognose, Wetter: gloomy, forbidding; Musik: sombre (US -er);ein düsteres Bild von etwas zeichnen etc fig paint a black picture of sth;die Zukunft in düsteren Farben ausmalen fig paint the future in dark colo(u)rs;es sieht düster aus (für uns) things are looking grim (for us)in düsterer Stimmung in a grim mood;ein düsteres Gesicht machen have a gloomy expression (on one’s face)B. adv:düster dreinblicken look gloomy* * *1.1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>2.adverbial (fig.) gloomily* * *adj.dismal adj.drab adj.dusky adj.gloomy adj.saturnine adj.sepulchral adj.sombre adj. adv.dismally adv.drably adv.duskily adv.funereally adv.saturninely adv. -
2 grau
Adj.1. grey, Am. gray; grau in grau Wetter: dismal; grau gestreift grey-(Am. gray-) -striped; grau meliert Haar: greying, Am. graying; grizzled; Stoff etc.: mottled grey (Am. gray); grau werden turn oder go grey (Am. gray); sie hat schon graue Haare bekommen she’s going grey (Am. gray) already; ich lass mir darüber keine grauen Haare wachsen fig. I’m not going to lose any sleep over it2. fig. (trostlos) dark, gloomy; grauer Alltag the daily grind; graue Eminenz grey (Am. gray) eminence, eminence grise; grauer Markt (halb legal) grey (Am. gray) market; für Flugtickets: bucket shop system; eine graue Maus a mousy person; die Grauen Panther the Grey (Am. Gray) Panthers, activist organization promoting old people’s rights; grauer Star MED. cataract(s); grau ist alle Theorie Sprichw. theory is dull and boring, all things theoretical are dull and apathetical; das ist alles graue Theorie it’s all theory; in grauer Vorzeit in the dim and distant past; die grauen Zellen umg. the little grey (Am. gray) cells, one’s grey (Am. gray) matter; in grauer Zukunft oder Ferne in the (far) distant future; das liegt noch in grauer Zukunft oder Ferne that’s still a long way off; er sieht oder malt alles grau in grau he’s so negative about everything* * *grey; gray; hoary* * *[grau]nt -s, -(s)grey (Brit), gray (US); (fig) dullness, drabness* * *2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) grey3) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) grey4) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) grey* * *<-s, -[s]>[ˈgrau]nt grey [or AM gray] [colour [or AM -or]]* * *das; Graus, Grau1) grey2) o. Pl. (Trostlosigkeit) dreariness; drabness* * *grau adj1. grey, US gray;grau in grau Wetter: dismal;grau gestreift grey-(US gray-)-striped;sie hat schon graue Haare bekommen she’s going grey (US gray) already;ich lass mir darüber keine grauen Haare wachsen fig I’m not going to lose any sleep over it2. fig (trostlos) dark, gloomy;grauer Alltag the daily grind;graue Eminenz grey (US gray) eminence, eminence grise;eine graue Maus a mousy person;die Grauen Panther the Grey (US Gray) Panthers, activist organization promoting old people’s rights;grauer Star MED cataract(s);grau ist alle Theorie sprichw theory is dull and boring, all things theoretical are dull and apathetical;das ist alles graue Theorie it’s all theory;in grauer Vorzeit in the dim and distant past;malt alles grau in grau he’s so negative about everything* * *das; Graus, Grau1) grey2) o. Pl. (Trostlosigkeit) dreariness; drabness* * *adj.gray (US) adj.grey (UK) adj. -
3 traurig
Adj.1. (betrübt) sad ( über + Akk about), unhappy (about, at); traurig darüber, dass sad that; traurig stimmen sadden, depress, make s.o. (feel) sad; mach kein so trauriges Gesicht don’t look so sad2. (beklagenswert) sad, sorry, pitiable; trauriger Anblick sad ( oder sorry) sight, sorry ( oder dismal) spectacle; traurige Pflicht sad duty; trauriger Rest sad remains Pl.; trauriger Zustand sorry state, lamentable condition; ein trauriges Ende nehmen come to an unhappy ( oder a sad) end; ( das ist) traurig aber wahr it’s the sad truth, unfortunately that’s the way it is; es ist traurig genug, dass pej. it’s bad ( oder deplorable) enough that; eine traurige Figur machen cut a sorry ( oder poor) figure; die Mannschaft bot eine traurige Leistung the team were (Am. was) pathetic, it was a lamentable ( oder dismal) performance (by the team); ( eine) traurige Berühmtheit erlangen achieve ( oder acquire oder gain) (regrettable) notoriety; Bilanz 2* * *doleful; lugubrious; plaintive; sad; joyless; funereal; woeful; gloomy; teary; mournful; sorry* * *trau|rig ['traurɪç]1. adjsad; (= unglücklich) Verhältnisse, Leben auch unhappy; Blick auch sorrowful; (= beklagenswert) Zustand sad, sorry; Leistung, Erfolg, Rekord pathetic, sorry; Wetter miserable; Berühmtheit notoriousdie tráúrige Realität or Wirklichkeit — the sad reality
die tráúrige Bilanz — the tragic toll
das ist doch tráúrig, was er da geleistet hat — what he's done is pathetic
das sind ja tráúrige Verhältnisse, wenn... — it is a sorry or sad state of affairs when...
es ist tráúrig, wenn — it is sad if...
2. advsadly; (= tief betrübt) sorrowfullytráúrig weggehen — to go away sadly or feeling sad
mit meinen Finanzen/der Wirtschaft sieht es sehr tráúrig aus — my finances are/the economy is in a very sorry state
tráúrig, tráúrig — dear, dear
wie sieht es damit aus? – tráúrig(, tráúrig) — what are the prospects for that? – pretty bad or not at all good
um meine Zukunft sieht es tráúrig aus — my future doesn't look too bright
* * *1) (depressing: gloomy news.) gloomy2) dolefully3) (sorrowful: a doleful expression.) doleful4) (feeling or showing sorrow: a mournful expression.) mournful5) mournfully6) (unhappy or causing unhappiness: She's sad because her son is ill; a sad face.) sad7) (unsatisfactory; poor; wretched: a sorry state of affairs.) sorry8) (sad or miserable: He had an unhappy childhood.) unhappy* * *trau·rig[ˈtraurɪç]I. adj1. (betrübt) sad, down, unhappy▪ \traurig [über jdn/etw] sein to be sad [or in a sad mood] [about sb/sth]▪ \traurig sein, dass/weil... to be sad that/because...2. (betrüblich) sorrydas sind ja \traurige Verhältnisse that's a sorry state of affairsdie \traurige Tatsache ist, dass... it's a sad fact that...in \traurigen Verhältnissen leben to live in a sorry state▪ [es ist] \traurig, dass... it's unfortunate [or sad] that...warum siehst du mich so \traurig an? why are you looking at me in such a sad way?damit sieht es \traurig aus it doesn't look too good, it looks pretty bad* * *1.1) sad; sad, sorrowful <eyes, expression>; unhappy <childhood, youth>; unhappy, painful < duty>2.adverbial sadly* * *traurig adj1. (betrübt) sad (über +akk about), unhappy (about, at);traurig darüber, dass sad that;traurig stimmen sadden, depress, make sb (feel) sad;mach kein so trauriges Gesicht don’t look so sad2. (beklagenswert) sad, sorry, pitiable;traurige Pflicht sad duty;trauriger Rest sad remains pl;trauriger Zustand sorry state, lamentable condition;ein trauriges Ende nehmen come to an unhappy ( oder a sad) end;(das ist) traurig aber wahr it’s the sad truth, unfortunately that’s the way it is;eine traurige Figur machen cut a sorry ( oder poor) figure;die Mannschaft bot eine traurige Leistung the team were (US was) pathetic, it was a lamentable ( oder dismal) performance (by the team);(eine) traurige Berühmtheit erlangen achieve ( oder acquire oder gain) (regrettable) notoriety; → Bilanz 2* * *1.1) sad; sad, sorrowful <eyes, expression>; unhappy <childhood, youth>; unhappy, painful < duty>2.adverbial sadly* * *adj.doleful adj.funereal adj.lugubrious adj.mournful adj.plaintive adj.sad adj.sorrowful adj.sorry adj. adv.dolefully adv.funereally adv.lugubriously adv.mournfully adv.plaintively adv.sadly adv.sorrowfully adv.woefully adv. -
4 freudlos
Adj. joyless, bleak, cheerless; ein freudloses Dasein fristen lead a joyless ( oder cheerless) existence* * *joyless; cheerless; mirthless* * *freud|los1. adjjoyless, cheerless2. advfréúdlos dahinleben — to lead a joyless or cheerless existence
* * *1) (not hopeful: a bleak outlook for the future.) bleak2) (gloomy: a cheerless room.) cheerless* * *freud·los[ˈfrɔytlo:s]adj (pej) cheerless, joyless, bleak* * *1. 2.adverbial joylessly* * *freudlos adj joyless, bleak, cheerless;ein freudloses Dasein fristen lead a joyless ( oder cheerless) existence* * *1. 2.adverbial joylessly* * *adj.cheerless adj.joyless adj.mirthless adj. adv.joylessly adv.mirthlessly adv. -
5 Grau
Adj.1. grey, Am. gray; grau in grau Wetter: dismal; grau gestreift grey-(Am. gray-) -striped; grau meliert Haar: greying, Am. graying; grizzled; Stoff etc.: mottled grey (Am. gray); grau werden turn oder go grey (Am. gray); sie hat schon graue Haare bekommen she’s going grey (Am. gray) already; ich lass mir darüber keine grauen Haare wachsen fig. I’m not going to lose any sleep over it2. fig. (trostlos) dark, gloomy; grauer Alltag the daily grind; graue Eminenz grey (Am. gray) eminence, eminence grise; grauer Markt (halb legal) grey (Am. gray) market; für Flugtickets: bucket shop system; eine graue Maus a mousy person; die Grauen Panther the Grey (Am. Gray) Panthers, activist organization promoting old people’s rights; grauer Star MED. cataract(s); grau ist alle Theorie Sprichw. theory is dull and boring, all things theoretical are dull and apathetical; das ist alles graue Theorie it’s all theory; in grauer Vorzeit in the dim and distant past; die grauen Zellen umg. the little grey (Am. gray) cells, one’s grey (Am. gray) matter; in grauer Zukunft oder Ferne in the (far) distant future; das liegt noch in grauer Zukunft oder Ferne that’s still a long way off; er sieht oder malt alles grau in grau he’s so negative about everything* * *grey; gray; hoary* * *[grau]nt -s, -(s)grey (Brit), gray (US); (fig) dullness, drabness* * *2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) grey3) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) grey4) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) grey* * *<-s, -[s]>[ˈgrau]nt grey [or AM gray] [colour [or AM -or]]* * *das; Graus, Grau1) grey2) o. Pl. (Trostlosigkeit) dreariness; drabness* * *1. grey, US gray;ganz in Grau gekleidet dressed all in grey (US gray)2. fig greyness (US grayness);ich fahre übers Wochenende weg - dem Grau des Alltags entfliehen I’m going away at the weekend to escape from the dull routine* * *das; Graus, Grau1) grey2) o. Pl. (Trostlosigkeit) dreariness; drabness* * *adj.gray (US) adj.grey (UK) adj. -
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