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1 naar
adj. dismal, damfool, ill, sick, bleak--------adv. along--------prep. after, to, onto, at, in, for, from, bleak -
2 duister
duister1〈 het〉♦voorbeelden:1 in het duister zitten • sit/be sitting in the dark〈 figuurlijk〉 over de oorzaken van het misdrijf tast men in het duister • the motive for the crime is a mystery————————duister2♦voorbeelden:2 de duistere machten (van het kwaad) • the dark powers (of evil); 〈 verdorven〉 the powers of darknessde duistere Middeleeuwen • The Dark Ageshet is me nog even duister • it is still a mystery to me -
3 guur
adj. inclement, severe, lurid (about weather)--------adv. bleak, luridly (about weather) -
4 kil
adj. chilly, frigid, frosty--------adv. bleak -
5 onaangenaam
adj. disagreeable, unpleasant, unpalatable, offensive, ungrateful, objectionable, obnoxious, stepmotherly, ill favoured, ill-favored--------adv. unpleasantly, offensively, bleak -
6 onbeschut
adj. fenceless--------adv. bleak -
7 troosteloos
adj. desolate, disconsolate, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, gloomy, forlorn--------adv. disconsolately, cheerlessly -
8 woest
adj. waste, desolate, drear, wild, savage, rabid, ferocious, frantic, ruffianly, fierce, tumultuous, tumultuary, blusterous, reckless, tearing, wicked, heavy--------adv. dreary, fiercely, tumultuously, rabidly, ferociously, frantically, bleak -
9 akelig
3 [onaangenaam in de omgang] unpleasant, nasty♦voorbeelden:1 een akelig gezicht/beeld • a nasty sight/pictureeen akelig lachje • a grim smileeen akelig verhaal • a ghastly storyeen akelig voorgevoel • a grim premonitionakelig weer • nasty weatherakelig van de kiespijn • sick with toothacheII 〈 bijwoord〉1 [in hoge mate] fantastically, amazingly♦voorbeelden: -
10 deprimerend
1 depressing ⇒ 〈 vooruitzicht ook〉 bleak, 〈 nieuws ook〉 dispiriting, 〈 nieuws ook〉 disheartening, 〈 beklemmend〉 oppressive -
11 desolaat
♦voorbeelden: -
12 een duistere toekomst
een duistere toekomstVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een duistere toekomst
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13 guur
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14 schraal
1 [mager] lean5 [met betrekking tot huid] dry♦voorbeelden:dat is schrale kost • that's meagre farehet schraal hebben • be poorly off5 schrale handen/lippen • chapped hands/lips
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