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  • 1 peinlich

    I Adj.
    1. (unangenehm) embarrassing; Situation: auch awkward; painful umg.; es war mir sehr peinlich (, dass ich es vergessen hatte) I was ( oder felt) really embarrassed (at oder about having forgotten it); es ist mir sehr peinlich, aber ich muss dich bitten,... I don’t know how to put it, but I have to ask you,...; jemanden in eine peinliche Lage bringen put s.o. in an awkward situation
    2. (sehr genau) meticulous, painstaking; in dem Haus herrschte peinliche Ordnung the house was scrupulously tidy
    II Adv.
    1. jemanden peinlich berühren embarrass s.o.
    2. peinlich sauber scrupulously clean; peinlich genau very ( oder painfully) exact ( bei about); bei einer Sache peinlich genau sein auch take s.th. very seriously; sie vermieden peinlichst, danach zu fragen they took great care to avoid asking about it
    * * *
    disconcerting; embarrassing; awkward; painful
    * * *
    pein|lich ['painlɪç]
    1. adj
    1) (= unangenehm) (painfully) embarrassing; Lage, Fragen auch awkward; Überraschung nasty

    ich habe das péínliche Gefühl, dass... — I have a terrible feeling that...

    es war ihm péínlich(, dass...) — he was or felt embarrassed (because...)

    es ist mir sehr péínlich, aber ich muss es Ihnen einmal sagen — I don't know how to put it, but you really ought to know

    es ist mir sehr péínlich, aber die Arbeit ist immer noch nicht fertig — I'm really sorry but the work still isn't finished

    das ist mir ja so péínlich — I feel awful about it

    es war so schlecht, dass es schon péínlich war (inf) — it was so bad it was (really) painful (inf)

    2) (= gewissenhaft) painstaking, meticulous; Sparsamkeit careful

    in seinem Zimmer/auf seinem Schreibtisch herrschte péínliche or péínlichste Ordnung — his room/his desk was meticulously or scrupulously tidy

    jdn einem péínlichen Verhör unterziehen — to question sb very closely

    2. adv
    1)

    (= unangenehm) péínlich berührt sein (hum) — to be profoundly shocked (iro)

    péínlich wirken — to be embarrassing, to cause embarrassment

    2) (= gründlich) painstakingly; sauber meticulously, scrupulously

    der Koffer wurde péínlich genau untersucht — the case was gone through very thoroughly, the case was given a very thorough going-over (inf)

    er vermied es péínlichst, davon zu sprechen — he was at pains not to talk about it

    etw péínlichst geheim halten — to keep sth strictly secret or top secret

    * * *
    (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) awkward
    * * *
    pein·lich
    [ˈpainlɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (unangenehm) embarrassing
    eine \peinliche Frage/Situation [o Lage] an awkward question/situation
    ▪ jdm \peinlich sein to be embarrassed
    es war ihr sehr \peinlich she was very embarrassed about it
    ▪ jdm \peinlich sein, dass/wenn... to feel awkward that/when...
    ▪ etwas Peinliches sth awful
    2. (äußerst) painstaking, diligent
    \peinliche Genauigkeit meticulous precision
    \peinliche Sauberkeit scrupulous cleanliness
    II. adv
    jdn \peinlich berühren to be awkward for sb
    auf jdn \peinlich wirken to be embarrassing for sb
    2. (gewissenhaft) painstakingly
    \peinlich befolgen to follow diligently
    3. (äußerst) meticulously, thoroughly
    * * *
    1.
    1) embarrassing; awkward <question, position, pause>

    es ist mir sehr peinlich — I feel very bad (coll.) or embarrassed about it

    2) nicht präd. (äußerst genau) meticulous; scrupulous
    2.

    [von etwas] peinlich berührt sein — be painfully embarrassed [by something]

    2) (überaus [genau]) scrupulously; meticulously
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    A. adj
    1. (unangenehm) embarrassing; Situation: auch awkward; painful umg;
    es war mir sehr peinlich (, dass ich es vergessen hatte) I was ( oder felt) really embarrassed (at oder about having forgotten it);
    es ist mir sehr peinlich, aber ich muss dich bitten, … I don’t know how to put it, but I have to ask you, …;
    jemanden in eine peinliche Lage bringen put sb in an awkward situation
    2. (sehr genau) meticulous, painstaking;
    in dem Haus herrschte peinliche Ordnung the house was scrupulously tidy
    B. adv
    1.
    2.
    peinlich sauber scrupulously clean;
    peinlich genau very ( oder painfully) exact (
    bei about);
    bei einer Sache peinlich genau sein auch take sth very seriously;
    sie vermieden peinlichst, danach zu fragen they took great care to avoid asking about it
    * * *
    1.
    1) embarrassing; awkward <question, position, pause>

    es ist mir sehr peinlich — I feel very bad (coll.) or embarrassed about it

    2) nicht präd. (äußerst genau) meticulous; scrupulous
    2.

    [von etwas] peinlich berührt sein — be painfully embarrassed [by something]

    2) (überaus [genau]) scrupulously; meticulously
    * * *
    adj.
    awkward adj.
    disconcerting adj.
    distressing adj.
    embarrassing adj.
    painful adj. adv.
    disconcertingly adv.
    distressingly adv.
    embarrassingly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > peinlich

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