abwehrend
German translations
- 01
impfend
- 02
defensive
- 03
repellant
- 04
parrying
Word details
- German meaning
- Verteidigend bedeutet, dass man etwas oder jemanden vor Angriffen oder Kritik schützt.
- English meaning
- Defensive means that you protect something or someone from attacks or criticism.
- Synonym
- schützend, abwehrend
- German example
- Er nahm eine verteidigende Haltung ein, als man ihn beschuldigte.
- English example
- He took a defensive stance when he was accused.
- Opposite of
- defendingangreifend / attackierend
Related words
- Gest
Gesture
- defensiv
Defensive
- apotropäisch
Apotropaic means designed to avert evil or bring good luck, often in the context of magic or religion.
- wehrig
Defensive, resistant