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1 outrageous
adjective1) (immoderate) unverschämt (ugs.) [Forderung]; unverschämt hoch [Preis, Summe]; grell, schreiend [Farbe]; zu auffällig [Kleidung]; maßlos [Übertreibung]it's outrageous! — das ist unverschämt od. eine Unverschämtheit!
2) (grossly cruel, offensive) ungeheuer [Grausamkeit]; unverschämt [Lüge, Benehmen, Unterstellung]; wüst [Schmähung]; ungeheuerlich [Anklage]; unerhört [Frechheit, Unhöflichkeit, Skandal]; unflätig [Sprache]* * ** * *out·ra·geous[ˌaʊtˈreɪʤəs]▪ it is \outrageous that... es ist eine Schande, dass...3. (exaggerated) ungeheuerlich, haarsträubend; story, statement also unwahrscheinlich, an den Haaren herbeigezogento make an \outrageous claim eine ungeheuerliche Behauptung aufstellenan \outrageous demand eine völlig überzogene Forderungan \outrageous lie eine freche [o schamlose] Lüge\outrageous prices horrende [o unverschämte] Preise* * *[aʊt'reɪdZəs]adj1) (= cruel, violent) gräulich, verabscheuenswürdigmurder, rape, and other outrageous deeds — Mord, Vergewaltigung und andere Untaten
2) remark, story, price, claim, behaviour unerhört; demand, insolence, lie, arrogance etc unerhört, unverschämt; nonsense haarsträubend; language entsetzlich, unflätig; charge, defamation etc ungeheuerlich; clothes, make-up etc ausgefallen, unmöglich (inf); (= indecent) geschmacklos; complexity, selfishness unglaublich, unerhörthe's outrageous! — er ist unmöglich!
it's absolutely outrageous that... — es ist einfach unerhört, dass...
* * *outrageous [-dʒəs] adj (adv outrageously)1. abscheulich, verbrecherisch2. empörend:outrageous prices unerhörte oder unverschämte Preise;an outrageous assertion eine ungeheuerliche Behauptung* * *adjective1) (immoderate) unverschämt (ugs.) [Forderung]; unverschämt hoch [Preis, Summe]; grell, schreiend [Farbe]; zu auffällig [Kleidung]; maßlos [Übertreibung]it's outrageous! — das ist unverschämt od. eine Unverschämtheit!
2) (grossly cruel, offensive) ungeheuer [Grausamkeit]; unverschämt [Lüge, Benehmen, Unterstellung]; wüst [Schmähung]; ungeheuerlich [Anklage]; unerhört [Frechheit, Unhöflichkeit, Skandal]; unflätig [Sprache]* * *adj.abscheulich adj.empörend adj.frevelhaft adj.frevlerisch adj. -
2 appalling
adjective* * *adjective erschreckend* * *ap·pal·ling[əˈpɔ:lɪŋ]adj (shocking) schockierend\appalling behaviour unerträgliches Benehmen\appalling headache entsetzliche [o fürchterliche] Kopfschmerzen fam* * *1. adj appallingly2. adv[ə'pɔːlIŋ, -lɪ] entsetzlich* * *appalling adj (adv appallingly)1. erschreckend, entsetzlich2. fig umg fürchterlich* * *adjective* * *adj.entsetzlich adj.schrecklich adj. -
3 modest
adjectivebescheiden; vorsichtig [Schätzung]; einfach, unauffällig [Haus, Kleidung]have a modest lifestyle — bescheiden od. einfach leben
* * *['modist]1) (not having, or showing, too high an opinion of one's abilities etc: He's very modest about his success.) bescheiden3) (not very large; moderate: She's a person of modest ambitions.) maßvoll•- academic.ru/89217/modestly">modestly- modesty* * *mod·est[ˈmɒdɪst, AM ˈmɑ:d-]1. (not boastful) bescheiden, zurückhaltendshe's very \modest about her achievements sie prahlt nicht mit ihren Erfolgen2. (fairly small) improvement, income, increase bescheiden, mäßig* * *['mɒdɪst]adj1) (= not boastful, humble) bescheidenon a modest scale — in bescheidenem Rahmen
a modest crowd turned out for the occasion — die Veranstaltung war (nur) mäßig besucht
* * *1. bescheiden, zurückhaltend2. anspruchslos, bescheiden (Person oder Sache):modest income bescheidenes Einkommen3. sittsam, schamhaft4. maßvoll, bescheiden, vernünftig* * *adjectivebescheiden; vorsichtig [Schätzung]; einfach, unauffällig [Haus, Kleidung]have a modest lifestyle — bescheiden od. einfach leben
* * *adj.anspruchslos adj.bequem adj.bescheiden adj. -
4 appalling
( shocking) schockierend;\appalling behaviour unerträgliches Benehmen;\appalling conditions verheerende Zustände;
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