schlimm

Related words

• Schlimmbesserung

  “A turn for the worse” is a paradoxical term describing an improvement that ultimately turns out to be a deterioration.

• verschlimmbessern

  To make worse through attempted improvement

• verschlimmern

  to worsen

• Verschlimmbesserung

  An improvement that turns out to be a deterioration.

• Verschlimmerer

  Aggravator

• Verschlimmerung

  Worsening

• übertreiben

  to exaggerate

• Öl ins Feuer gießen

  To add fuel to the fire

• verschlechtern

  To worsen

• anrichten

  to cause, to inflict

• vorbeugen

  prevent

• verschärfen

  To worsen, to aggravate

• hinunterschlucken

  To swallow down, to suppress

• drangehen

  To tackle, to get to work

• verharmlosen

  to downplay

• wundreiben

  To chafe

• die Suppe versalzen

  To spoil the broth

• den Teufel an die Wand malen

  To paint the devil on the wall

• vom Regen in die Traufe kommen

  Out of the frying pan into the fire

• fatal

  Fatal; causing death or disastrous consequences.

• arg

  Severe, bad

• katastrophal

  Catastrophic

• verhängnisvoll

  Disastrous, fatal

• horrend

  Horrendous

• vorausahnend

  prescient

• abgestumpft

  Blunted

• kleinkariert

  petty, narrow-minded

• heimgesucht

  Afflicted

• Husten

  Cough

• Malheur

  Mishap

• Pessimist

  Pessimist

• Pessimismus

  Pessimism is a negative attitude towards life, where one tends to expect the worst.

• Muskelkater

  Muscle soreness

• Knautschzone

  Crumple zone

• Schrecklichkeit

  Horror, atrocity

• Unheil

  misfortune, disaster

• Ahndung

  Premonition

• Katarrh

  Catarrh

• Schwarzseher

  Pessimist

• Katerstimmung

  Hangover

• Bauchkrampf

  A stomach cramp is a painful, spasmodic pain in the abdominal area.

• Vorgefühl

  Premonition, hunch

• Gestotter

  stuttering

• Aufgedunsenheit

  The state of being swollen or puffy, often in the face.

• Verschlechterer

  Worsener

• Wetterchen

  Nice weather

• Tragöde

  Tragic figure

• Vorausahnung

  A premonition is a feeling or intuition that something will happen in the future, often without concrete evidence.

• Vorahnung

  Premonition, foreboding

Example sentences with “schlimm”

1. Das ist wirklich eine schlimme Nachricht. (That is really bad news.)

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