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1 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. -
2 quälen
I v/t torment (auch fig.); (foltern) auch fig. torture; fig. (plagen) harass, torment; mit Bitten, Fragen etc.: pester, plague; ein Tier quälen maltreat (allg. be cruel to) an animal; jemanden zu Tode quälen torture s.o. to death; Hunger quälte ihn he was tormented by hunger; von Schmerzen gequält racked with ( oder tormented by) pain; dieser Husten quält mich schon lange this cough has been plaguing me for a long time; dieser Gedanke quält mich seit einiger Zeit the thought has been tormenting ( oder worrying) me for some time; Zweifel quälten ihn he was torn by doubt; quäl ihn nicht so! stop tormenting him; die Kinder quälten sie so lange, bis sie nachgab the children went on pestering her until she gave in; das Klavier quälen umg. abuse the piano; gequältII v/refl: sich quälen mit Gedanken: torment o.s. with; einer Krankheit: suffer (greatly) from; (sich abmühen) struggle with; sich mit etw. quälen auch have a hard time with s.th.; sich durch den Schnee / Regen quälen battle one’s way through the snow / rain; sich durch ein Buch quälen plough (Am. trudge) (painfully) through a book; sich ans Ziel quälen SPORT struggle to the finish; sich aufs Dach quälen struggle (to get) onto the roof; sich umsonst quälen labo(u)r in vain; sich zu Tode quälen worry o.s. to death* * *das Quälentantalization* * *quä|len ['kvɛːlən]1. vtto torment; Tiere auch to tease; (inf ) Motor to punish; (mit Bitten etc) to pester, to plaguejdn zu Tode quä́len — to torture sb to death
See:→ auch gequält2. vr2) (= sich abmühen) to strugglesie quälte sich in das enge Kleid — she struggled into or squeezed herself into her tight dress
er musste sich quä́len, damit er das schaffte — it took him a lot of effort to do it, it was a struggle for him to do it
sich durch ein Buch/die Unterlagen quä́len — to struggle or plough (Brit) or plow (US) through a book/the documents
er quälte sich aus dem Sessel — he heaved himself out of the chair
das Auto quälte sich über den Berg — the car laboured (Brit) or labored (US) or struggled over the hill
* * *1) (to torment or worry frequently.) harry2) (to tease or torment (a person etc) by making him want something he cannot have and by keeping it just beyond his reach: The expensive clothes in the shop-window tantalized her.) tantalize3) (to tease or torment (a person etc) by making him want something he cannot have and by keeping it just beyond his reach: The expensive clothes in the shop-window tantalized her.) tantalise4) (to cause pain, suffering, worry etc to: She was tormented with worry/toothache.) torment* * *quä·len[ˈkvɛ:lən]I. vt1. (jdm zusetzen)▪ jdn \quälen to pester [or plague] sb2. (misshandeln)3. (peinigen)4. (Beschwerden verursachen)▪ jdn \quälen to trouble sbII. vr1. (leiden)2. (sich herumquälen)▪ sich akk mit etw dat \quälen Gedanken, Gefühlen to torment oneself with sth; Hausaufgaben, Arbeit to struggle [hard] with sth3. (sich mühsam bewegen)* * *1.transitives Verb1) (körperlich, seelisch) torment <person, animal>; maltreat, be cruel to < animal>; (foltern) torture2.reflexives Verb1) (leiden) suffer* * *A. v/t torment (auch fig); (foltern) auch fig torture; fig (plagen) harass, torment; mit Bitten, Fragen etc: pester, plague;jemanden zu Tode quälen torture sb to death;Hunger quälte ihn he was tormented by hunger;von Schmerzen gequält racked with ( oder tormented by) pain;dieser Husten quält mich schon lange this cough has been plaguing me for a long time;dieser Gedanke quält mich seit einiger Zeit the thought has been tormenting ( oder worrying) me for some time;Zweifel quälten ihn he was torn by doubt;quäl ihn nicht so! stop tormenting him;die Kinder quälten sie so lange, bis sie nachgab the children went on pestering her until she gave in;B. v/r:sich quälen mit Gedanken: torment o.s. with; einer Krankheit: suffer (greatly) from; (sich abmühen) struggle with;sich mit etwas quälen auch have a hard time with sth;sich durch den Schnee/Regen quälen battle one’s way through the snow/rain;sich durch ein Buch quälen plough (US trudge) (painfully) through a book;sich ans Ziel quälen SPORT struggle to the finish;sich aufs Dach quälen struggle (to get) onto the roof;sich umsonst quälen labo(u)r in vain;sich zu Tode quälen worry o.s. to death* * *1.transitives Verb1) (körperlich, seelisch) torment <person, animal>; maltreat, be cruel to < animal>; (foltern) torture2.reflexives Verb1) (leiden) suffer2) (sich abmühen) struggle* * *n.tantalization n.
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