teilnahmslos, ungerührt

adjective
Woodgate sat with his arms folded and remained impassive: expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, inscrutable, unreadable, blank, deadpan, poker-faced, straight-faced; stony, wooden, unresponsive, cold, unmoved, indifferent; serene, calm, peaceful, unruffled, dispassionate, cool, unemotional.

antonym: expressive.

behilflich sein, jmdm. ein Freund sein, Freunde werde

verb
a charming story in which the toys befriend one another make friends with, make a friend of; look after, keep an eye on; be of service to, lend a helping hand to, help, protect; side with, stand by, encourage.

anmutig, freundlich, gnädig, gütig

adjective
1 a gracious hostess: courteous, polite, civil, chivalrous, well-mannered, mannerly, decorous; tactful, diplomatic; kind, benevolent, considerate, thoughtful, obliging, accommodating, indulgent, magnanimous; friendly, amiable, cordial, hospitable. antonym: rude.
2 gracious colonial buildings: elegant, stylish, tasteful, graceful; comfortable, luxurious, sumptuous, opulent, grand, high-class; informal swanky, plush. antonym: shabby, crude.
3 God's gracious intervention: merciful, compassionate, kind; forgiving, lenient, clement, forbearing, humane, tenderhearted, sympathetic; indulgent, generous, magnanimous, benign, benevolent. antonym: cruel.

launisch, lebhaft, ungebärdig

adjective
going to the dentist makes me skittish: nervous, anxious, on edge, excitable, restive, skittery, jumpy, jittery, high-strung.

Schneider; schneidermäßig, Schneider-

adjective [ attrib. ]
of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress : sartorial elegance.

pretension

pretensions

Anmaßung, Anspruch, Behauptung

Ansprüche

noun
1 the author has no pretension to exhaustive coverage: aspiration, claim, assertion, pretense, profession.
2 she spoke without pretension: pretentiousness, affectation, ostentation, artificiality, airs, posing, posturing, show, flashiness; pomposity, pompousness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence.

umwerben, abwerben, überreden, locken

verb dated
1 Richard wooed Joan all through their college years: romantically pursue, pursue, chase (after); dated court, pay court to, romance, seek the hand of, set one's cap for/at, make love to.
2 the party wooed voters with promises: seek, pursue, curry favor with, try to win, try to attract, try to cultivate.
3 an attempt to woo him out of retirement: entice, tempt, coax, persuade, wheedle; informal: sweet-talk.

anlaufen, beflecken, trüben, stumpf werden lassen

Makel, Beschlag, Trübung, Überzug

verb
1 gold does not tarnish easily: discolor, rust, oxidize, corrode, stain, dull, blacken. antonym polish, brighten.
2 it tarnished his reputation: sully, blacken, stain, blemish, blot, taint, soil, ruin, disgrace, mar, damage, harm, hurt, undermine, dishonor, stigmatize; literary: besmirch. antonym: enhance.

noun
1 the tarnish on the candlesticks: discoloration, oxidation, rust; film.
2 the tarnish on his reputation: smear, stain, blemish, blot, taint, stigma.

Leid, Not

noun
1 a tale of woe: misery, sorrow, distress, wretchedness, sadness, unhappiness, heartache, heartbreak, despondency, despair, depression, regret, gloom, melancholy; adversity, misfortune, disaster, suffering, hardship; literary: dolor. antonym: joy, happiness.
2 financial woes: trouble, difficulty, problem, trial, tribulation, misfortune, setback, reverse.

freigebig, reichlich, übermäßig, üppig

adjective
1 profuse apologies: copious, prolific, abundant, liberal, unstinting, fulsome, effusive, extravagant, lavish, gushing; informal: over the top, gushy.
2 profuse blooms: luxuriant, plentiful, copious, abundant, lush, rich, exuberant, riotous, teeming, rank, rampant; informal jungly. antonym: meager, sparse.

Ängstlichkeit, Beklommenheit, Beklemmung, Bestürzung, Unruhe, Zittern, Erschütterung

noun
he sat in the waiting room, full of trepidation: fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness, fright, agitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, tension, misgivings, unease, uneasiness, foreboding, disquiet, dismay, consternation, alarm, panic; informal: butterflies (in one's stomach), jitteriness, the jitters, the creeps, the shivers, a cold sweat, the heebie-jeebies, the willies, the shakes, jim-jams, collywobbles, cold feet. antonym: equanimity, composure.

dismay
verb
he was dismayed by the change in his friend: appall, horrify, shock, shake (up); disconcert, take aback, alarm, unnerve, unsettle, throw off balance, discompose; disturb, upset, distress; informal rattle, faze. antonym: encourage, please.

noun
they greeted his decision with dismay: alarm, shock, surprise, consternation, concern, perturbation, disquiet, discomposure, distress. antonym: pleasure, relief.

equanimity
noun
she confronted the daily crises with equanimity: composure, calm, level-headedness, self-possession, coolheadedness, presence of mind; serenity, tranquility, phlegm, imperturbability, equilibrium; poise, assurance, self-confidence, aplomb, sangfroid, nerve; informal: cool. antonym: anxiety.
 

anmaßend, frech, unverschämt

adjective
Dan is an inveterate wise guy who can't help making insolent cracks as he narrates the tale: impertinent, impudent, cheeky, ill-mannered, bad mannered, unmannerly, rude, impolite, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, contemptuous; audacious, bold, cocky, brazen; insulting, abusive; informal fresh, lippy, saucy, pert, sassy, smart-alecky; archaic: contumelious. antonym: polite.

schlendern, herumschweifen, streunen, umherstreifen

verb
he had roamed the countryside for nine years: wander, rove, ramble, drift, walk, traipse; range, travel, tramp, traverse, trek; informal cruise, mosey around/about; formal: perambulate; archaic: peregrinate.

sich auflösen, auseinandergehen, auflösen, verabschieden

verb
the unit was scheduled to disband: break up, disperse, demobilize, dissolve, scatter, separate, go separate ways, part company. antonym: assemble.

Zufall, glücklicher Umstand, zufälliges Ereignis

noun
coincidence : it was just happenstance that I happened to be there | an untoward happenstance for Trudy.
 

gewinnend, reizend, liebenswert, zärtlich

adjective
the baby ducklings are endearing: lovable, adorable, cute, sweet, dear, delightful, lovely, charming, appealing, attractive, engaging, winning, captivating, enchanting, beguiling, winsome.

Höflichkeit, Zuvorkommenheit

noun
1 he treated me with civility: courtesy, courteousness, politeness, good manners, graciousness, consideration, respect, politesse, comity. antonym: disrespect, rudeness.
2 she didn't waste time on civilities: polite remark, politeness, courtesy; formality.

Ruhm, Glanz, Brillanz; Politur; Kronleuchter

noun
1 her hair lost its luster: sheen, gloss, shine, glow, gleam, shimmer, burnish, polish, patina. antonym: dullness.
2 the luster of the Milky Way: brilliance, brightness, radiance, sparkle, dazzle, flash, glitter, glint, gleam, luminosity, luminescence.

belastend, voll: nervenaufreibend, angespannt, gespannt

adjective
1 their world is fraught with danger: full of, filled with, rife with; attended by, accompanied by.
2 she sounded a bit fraught: anxious, worried, stressed, upset, distraught, overwrought, worked up, antsy, agitated, distressed, distracted, desperate, frantic, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicky; beside oneself, at one's wits' end, at the end of one's tether/rope; informal: wound up, in a state, in a flap, in a cold sweat, tearing one's hair out, having kittens.

abnagen, nagen

verb
1 the dog gnawed at a bone: chew, chomp, champ, bite, munch, crunch; nibble.
2 the pressures are gnawing away at their independence: erode, wear away, wear down, eat away (at); consume, devour.
3 the doubts gnawed at her: nag, plague, torment, torture, trouble, distress, worry, haunt, oppress, burden, hang over, bother, fret; niggle at.

Zwergmenschen

vollbusig

adjective
(of a woman) having large breasts.

treffend, passend; begabt

adjective
1 appropriate or suitable in the circumstances : an apt description of her nature.
2 [ predic. ] ( apt to do something) having a tendency to do something : she was apt to confuse the past with the present.
3 quick to learn : he proved an apt scholar.

Lastkahn, Prahm, Schute

noun
a barge carrying lumber and dry goods: lighter, canal boat, wherry, scow.
verb
he barged into us: push, shove, force, elbow, shoulder, jostle, bulldoze, muscle.

Liebelei, Affäre, Techtelmechtel

feuern, schmeißen

verb
he flung the ax into the river: throw, toss, sling, hurl, cast, pitch, lob; informal: chuck, heave.
noun
1 a birthday fling: good time, spree, bit of fun, night on the town; fun and games, revels, larks; informal: binge.
2 she had a brief fling with him: affair, love affair, relationship, romance, affaire (de cœur), amour, flirtation, dalliance, liaison, entanglement, involvement, attachment.

aufspulen, spulen, wickeln

glücklos, unglücklich, unglückselig

adjective
the hapless victims of exploitation: unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, out of luck, ill-starred, ill-fated, jinxed, cursed, doomed; unhappy, forlorn, wretched, miserable, woebegone; informal: down on one's luck; literary: star-crossed. antonym: lucky.

Gehämmer, Pochen, Tracht Prügel, zersoßend

verb [ trans. ]
strike or hit heavily and repeatedly : Patrick pounded the couch with his fists | U.S. gunships pounded the capital | [ intrans. ] pounding on the door, she shouted at the top of her voice.
• crush or grind (something) into a powder or paste by beating it with an instrument such as a pestle : pound the cloves with salt and pepper until smooth.
• [ intrans. ] beat, throb, or vibrate with a strong regular rhythm : her heart was pounding.
• [ intrans. ] walk or run with heavy steps : I heard him pounding along the gangway.
• informal defeat (an opponent) in a resounding way : [ trans. ] the Yankees pounded the Red Sox 22–1.

in Schmutz wälzen, sich suhlen

verb

Alkohol, Alk, Besäufnis, Fusel, Sauferei, Schnaps

bechern, saufen

noun
fill him up with food and booze: alcohol, alcoholic drink, liquor, drink, spirits, intoxicants; informal: grog, firewater, rotgut, the hard stuff, the bottle, hooch, moonshine; juice, the sauce.
verb
he was out boozing with his buddies: drink, tipple, imbibe, indulge; informal: hit the bottle, knock a few back, swill, chug; bend one's elbow.

unbeabsichtigt, unwissentlich, unabsichtlich

adjective
1 an unwitting accomplice: unknowing, unconscious, unsuspecting, oblivious, unaware, innocent, in the dark. antonym: knowing.
2 an unwitting mistake: unintentional, unintended, inadvertent, involuntary, unconscious, accidental. antonym; conscious.

auf die Nerven gehen, knirschen, krächzen, quietschen, kratzen

Feuerrost, Kaminrost, Gitter

verb
1 she grated the cheese: shred, pulverize, mince, grind, granulate, crush, crumble.
2 her bones grated together: grind, rub, rasp, scrape, jar, grit, creak.
3 the tune is beginning to grate: irritate, set someone's teeth on edge, jar; annoy, nettle, chafe, fret; informal: aggravate, get on someone's nerves, get under someone's skin, get someone's goat.

sich auseinandersetzen (with/mit)

Rundholz, Spat, Holm

verb
they sparred over every little thing: quarrel, argue, fight, disagree, differ, be at odds, be at variance, fall out, dispute, squabble, wrangle, bandy words, cross swords, lock horns, be at loggerheads; informal: scrap, spat.

Aufruhr, Auflehnung, Aufstand

insurgent
adjective
insurgent forces: rebellious, rebel, revolutionary, mutinous, insurrectionist; renegade, seditious, subversive. antonym: loyal.
noun
the insurgents are gaining popularity: rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, mutineer, insurrectionist, agitator, subversive, renegade, incendiary; guerrilla, freedom fighter, anarchist, terrorist. antonym: loyalist.

Grips, Köpfchen, Klugheit, Intelligenzgesunder Menschenverstand

klug, schlau

begreifen, kapieren

noun
his political savvy: shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, knowledge, sagacity; informal: horse sense, know-how, (street) smarts; rare: sapience.
adjective
a savvy investor: shrewd, astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, adroit, intelligent, clever, canny, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, wise; informal on the ball, quick on the uptake, smart, streetwise, heads-up.

Feuerprobe, Tiegel, Schmelztiegel

schmiedbar

noun
a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.
• a place or occasion of severe test or trial : the crucible of combat.
• a place or situation in which different elements interact to produce something new : the crucible of the new Romantic movement.
 

abprallen, zurückspringen, zurückzucken

Rückprall, Rückstoß

verb
1 she instinctively recoiled: draw back, jump back, pull back; flinch, shy away, shrink (back), wince.
2 he recoiled from the thought: feel revulsion at, feel disgust at, be unable to stomach, shrink from, balk at.
3 her rifle recoiled: kick (back), jerk back, spring back.
4 this will eventually recoil on him: have an adverse effect on, rebound on, affect badly, backfire on, boomerang on, come back to haunt; archaic redound on.
noun
the recoil of the gun: kickback, kick.

Schneid

zupfen, abrupfen, pflücken

verb
1 he plucked a thread from his lapel: remove, pick (off), pull (off/out), extract, take (off).
2 she plucked at his T-shirt: pull (at), tug (at), clutch (at), snatch (at), grab, catch (at), tweak, jerk; informal: yank.
3 the turkeys have been plucked: deplume, remove the feathers from.
4 Jen plucked the guitar strings: strum, pick, plunk, thrum, twang; play pizzicato.
noun
saying those things to her took a lot of pluck: courage, bravery, nerve, backbone, spine, daring, spirit, intrepidity, fearlessness, mettle, grit, true grit, determination, fortitude, resolve, stout-heartedness, dauntlessness, valor, heroism, audacity; informal: guts, spunk, gumption, moxie. 

abschäumen

Abschaum, Ausblühung, (Schwimm)Schlamm

noun
1 the water was covered with a thick green scum: film, layer, covering, froth; filth, dross, dirt.
2 informal : drug dealers are scum: despicable people, the lowest of the low, the dregs of society, vermin, riffraff, lowlifes; informal: the scum of the earth, dirt.

nicht aufzuhalten, erbarmungslos, unaufhaltsam, unerbittlich, kompromisslos

adjective
1 the inexorable advance of science: relentless, unstoppable, inescapable, inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unalterable; persistent, continuous, nonstop, steady, interminable, incessant, unceasing, unremitting, unrelenting.
2 inexorable creditors: intransigent, unbending, unyielding, inflexible, adamant, obdurate, immovable, unshakable; implacable, unappeasable, severe, hard, unforgiving, unsparing, uncompromising, ruthless, relentless, pitiless, merciless.

Ausschweifung

noun
a life of self-absorption and debauchery: dissipation, degeneracy, corruption, depravity; immodesty, indecency, perversion, iniquity, wickedness, sinfulness, impropriety, immorality; lasciviousness, salaciousness, lechery, lewdness, lust, promiscuity, wantonness, profligacy; decadence, intemperance, sybaritism; formal: turpitude.

cloy

cloying

anwidern

anwidernd, süßlich, übermäßig süß

adjective
her romance novels are too cloying for my taste: sickly, syrupy, saccharine, oversweet; sickening, nauseating; mawkish, sentimental, twee; informal: over the top, mushy, slushy, sloppy, gooey, cheesy, corny, cornball, sappy.

Parodie, Schwindel, Verulkung

beschwindeln, hereinlegen, parodieren, täuschen

noun
1 a humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect : a Robin Hood spoof.
2 a trick played on someone as a joke.

verb [ trans. ]
1 imitate (something) while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect : it is a movie that spoofs other movies.
2 hoax or trick (someone) : they proceeded to spoof Western intelligence with false information.
• interfere with (radio or radar signals) so as to make them useless.

Abschiedsrede

abschiednehmend

noun
at their fifty-year reunion, Estelle Carver read the valedictory that she had delivered in 1954: speech, address, lecture, declamation.

adjective
a valedictory message: farewell, goodbye, leaving, parting; last, final.

nervenaufreibend, erfüllt von, befrachtet mit, angespannt

adjective
1 their world is fraught with danger: full of, filled with, rife with; attended by, accompanied by.
2 she sounded a bit fraught: anxious, worried, stressed, upset, distraught, overwrought, worked up, antsy, agitated, distressed, distracted, desperate, frantic, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicky; beside oneself, at one's wits' end, at the end of one's tether/rope; informal wound up, in a state, in a flap, in a cold sweat, tearing one's hair out, having kittens.

kraftvoll, sehnig

adjective
he was tall, blond, and sinewy: muscular, muscly, brawny, powerfully built, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, strong, powerful, athletic, muscle-bound, hard-bodied; informal: hunky, beefy; dated: stalwart; literary: thewy. antonym: puny.

ruchlos, schändlich

adjective
the nefarious long-lost brother returns to steal Iris's inheritance: wicked, evil, sinful, iniquitous, egregious, heinous, atrocious, vile, foul, abominable, odious, depraved, monstrous, fiendish, diabolical, unspeakable, despicable; villainous, criminal, corrupt, illegal, unlawful; dated: dastardly. antonym: good.
 

dünn, dürftig, fein, zart, spärlich; schwach, unbedeutend

adjective
1 a tenuous connection: slight, insubstantial, meager, flimsy, weak, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect; vague, nebulous, hazy. antonym: convincing, strong.
2 a tenuous thread: fine, thin, slender, delicate, wispy, gossamer, fragile. antonym: thick, strong.

öde; ausgemergelt, hager, karg, mager

adjective
1 a gaunt, graying man: haggard, drawn, thin, lean, skinny, spindly, spare, bony, angular, rawboned, pinched, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, as thin as a rail, cadaverous, skeletal, emaciated, skin-and-bones; wasted, withered, etiolated; informal: like a bag of bones; dated spindle-shanked. antonym: plump.
2 the gaunt ruin of the dark tower: bleak, stark, desolate, bare, gloomy, dismal, somber, grim, stern, harsh, forbidding, uninviting, cheerless. antonym: cheerful.

extrem; bösartig, grausam, wild

adjective
1 ferocious animals: fierce, savage, wild, predatory, aggressive, dangerous. antonym: gentle, tame.
2 a ferocious attack: brutal, vicious, violent, bloody, barbaric, savage, sadistic, ruthless, cruel, merciless, heartless, bloodthirsty, murderous; literary: fell. antonym: gentle.
3 informal : a ferocious headache: intense, strong, powerful, fierce, severe, extreme, acute, unbearable, raging; informal: hellish. antonym: mild.

aufbrauchen, erschöpfen, vermindern, leeren, verringern

verb
the food supply has been depleted: exhaust, use up, consume, expend, drain, empty, milk; reduce, decrease, diminish; slim down, cut back. antonym: augment.

Hänger, Rotznase, Senkung

abschlaffen, absinken, sacken

verb
1 she sagged in his arms: sink, slump, loll, flop, crumple.
2 the floors all sag: dip, droop; bulge, bag.
3 the markets sagged as the day wore on: decline, fall, drop, slump, plummet; informal: nosedive.

Gleichnis, Vergleich

noun
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).
• the use of such a method of comparison.