Aerger, Wut, Zorn

the plans provoked the ire of conservationists: anger, rage, fury, wrath, outrage, temper, crossness, spleen; annoyance, exasperation, irritation, displeasure, indignation, vexation, chagrin, pique; literary: choler. 

schimpfend

Schimpfwort

 denunciatory or abusive language

the invective that spewed from Claude's lips left everyone speechless: abuse, insults, expletives, swear words, swearing, curses, foul language, foul language, vituperation; denunciation, censure, vilification, revilement, reproach, castigation, recrimination; informal tongue-lashing, trash talk; formal obloquy, contumely. antonym: praise. 

beschreiben

verb [ trans. ] poetic/literary
depict or describe in painting or words.
• suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light : a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold.
 

verbinden, vereinigen, zusamenfuehren

verb
the plot gets weighed down when the writers conflate too many issues into one episode: mix, blend, fuse, unite, integrate.
 

uebermachen, vermachen

I bequeath the northern campgrounds to the Yellow Birch Fishing Club: leave to, leave in one's will to, hand on/down to, will to, make over to, pass on to, entrust to, grant to, transfer to; donate to, give to; endow on, bestow on, confer on; Law demise to, devise to, convey to. 

beneiden

Groll

noun
a former employee with a grudge: grievance, resentment, bitterness, rancor, pique, umbrage, dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, bad feelings, hard feelings, ill feelings, ill will, animosity, antipathy, antagonism, enmity, animus; informal: a chip on one's shoulder.

verb
he grudges the time the meetings use up: begrudge, resent, feel aggrieved about, be resentful of, mind, object to, take exception to, take umbrage at.
 

verhaerten, versteinern

the thought of speaking in public petrified her: terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, strike terror into, put the fear of God into; paralyze, transfix; informal: scare the pants off, scare the bejesus out of. 

Knappheit, Mangel

a paucity of evidence: scarcity, sparseness, sparsity, dearth, shortage, poverty, insufficiency, deficiency, lack, want. antonym: abundance. 

aufheben, rueckgaengig machen, zuruecktreten

the court can rescind a bankruptcy order: revoke, repeal, cancel, reverse, overturn, overrule, annul, nullify, void, invalidate, quash, abolish; Law: vacate; formal: abrogate. antonym: enforce 

sardonisch, sarkastisch, sueffisant

his sardonic wit: mocking, satirical, sarcastic, ironical, ironic; cynical, scornful, contemptuous, derisive, derisory, sneering, jeering; scathing, caustic, trenchant, cutting, sharp, acerbic. 

Reue

the writer prays to God in penitence: repentance, contrition, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, ruefulness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, pangs of conscience, self-reproach, shame, guilt, compunction; archaic: rue. 

(Be)Kleidung

the senator is noted for her snazzy apparel: clothes, clothing, garments, dress, attire, wear, garb, getup; informal: gear, togs, duds, threads; archaic: raiment, habit, habiliments. 

frohlockend

the exultant winners waved to the crowd: jubilant, thrilled, triumphant, delighted, exhilarated, happy, overjoyed, joyous, joyful, gleeful, excited, rejoicing, ecstatic, euphoric, elated, rapturous, in raptures, enraptured, on cloud nine, in seventh heaven; rare: exilient; informal: over the moon, jumping for joy. 

Danksagung, Dankgebet; Segen, Segnung

1 the priest pronounced the benediction: blessing, prayer, invocation; grace, benedicite.
2 filled with heavenly benediction: blessedness, beatitude, bliss, grace.
 

Verdorbenheit, Verworfenheit

the depravity of white slavers: corruption, vice, perversion, deviance, degeneracy, immorality, debauchery, dissipation, profligacy, licentiousness, lechery, prurience, obscenity, indecency; wickedness, sin, iniquity; formal: turpitude. 

schreien

verb
he hollers when he's hungry: shout, yell, cry, cry out, vociferate, call, call out, roar, bellow, bawl, bark, howl; boom, thunder, shriek, screech. antonym whisper.

noun
a euphoric holler: shout, cry, yell, cheer, roar, bellow, bawl, howl, outcry; informal: whoop. antonym: whisper.
 

umstaendlich, weitschweifig

1 a circuitous route: roundabout, indirect, winding, meandering, serpentine, tortuous. antonym: direct, straight.
2 a circuitous discussion: indirect, oblique, roundabout, circumlocutory, periphrastic. antonym: to the point.
 

abfallen, abtruennig werden, sich abspalten

the southern states seceded from the Union, precipitating the Civil War: withdraw from, break away from, break with, separate (oneself) from, leave, split with, split off from, disaffiliate from, resign from, pull out of; informal: quit. antonym: join. 

verstreuen; auseinanderjagen

1 the papers were scattered by the sudden breeze | scatter the seeds as evenly as possible: throw, strew, toss, fling; sprinkle, spread, distribute, sow, broadcast, disseminate; literary: bestrew. antonym: gather.
2 the crowd scattered | onlookers were scattered in all directions: disperse, break up, disband, separate, move/go in different directions, go separate ways; dissipate, dissolve; drive, send, put to flight, chase. antonym: assemble.
 

ingenious

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ingenuous 

ingenious: 

ausgekluegelt, erfindungsreich, genial

an ingenious economist | the kids in her science class have devised an ingenious machine for sorting recyclables: inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, pioneering, resourceful, enterprising, inspired; clever, intelligent, smart, brilliant, masterly, talented, gifted, skillful; astute, sharp-witted, quick-witted, shrewd; elaborate, sophisticated. See note at creative . 

ingenuous:

aufrichtig, treuherzig, freimuetig, unbefangen 

she had never before met a grown man so ingenuous: naive, innocent, simple, childlike, trusting, unwary; unsuspicious, unworldly, wide-eyed, inexperienced, green; open, sincere, honest, frank, candid, forthright, artless, guileless, genuine, upfront. See note at gullible .
antonym: artful.

sincere:

aufrichtig, innig, herzlich

1 our sincere gratitude: heartfelt, wholehearted, profound, deep; genuine, real, unfeigned, unaffected, true, honest, bona fide.
2 a sincere person: honest, genuine, truthful, unhypocritical, straightforward, direct, frank, candid; informal: straight, upfront, on the level, on the up and up.
 

begriffsstutzig, stumpfsinnig

he frustrated his teachers by pretending to be obtuse: stupid, slow-witted, slow, dull-witted, unintelligent, ignorant, simpleminded, witless; insensitive, imperceptive, uncomprehending; informal: dim, dimwitted, dense, dumb, slow on the uptake, halfwitted, brain-dead, moronic, cretinous, thick, dopey, lamebrained, dumb-ass, dead from the neck up, boneheaded, chowderheaded. See note at stupid .
antonym clever, astute.
 

betruegerisches Einverstaendnis

there has been collusion between the security forces and paramilitary groups: conspiracy, connivance, complicity, intrigue, plotting, secret understanding, collaboration, scheming. 

sitzend, sesshaft

antonym: peripatetic, itinerant

adjective
a sedentary job: sitting, seated, desk-bound, stationary; inactive, lethargic, lazy, idle. antonym: active.
 

lindernd

A demulcent is used to mollify pain. 

adjective
(of a substance) relieving inflammation or irritation.

noun
a substance that relieves irritation of the mucous membranes in the mouth by forming a protective film.

beruechtigt, verrufen

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way : the louche world of the theater.

antonym: respected 

deckungsgleich, gleichbedeutend

adjective
sharing a common boundary : the forty-eight conterminous United States.
• having the same area, context, or meaning : a genealogy conterminous with the history of the USA.
 antonym: separated

kruemelig, broeckelig, morsch, muerbe

plant the bulbs in friable soil: crumbly, easily crumbled; powdery, dusty, chalky, soft; dry, crisp, brittle. 

kunterbunt, scheckig, zusammengewuerfelt

a motley collection of vintage fabrics: miscellaneous, disparate, diverse, assorted, varied, diversified, heterogeneous; informal ragtag, raggle-taggle. antonym: homogeneous. 

bunt schimmernd, schillernd

adjective
an iridescent film of oil on the puddle: opalescent, nacreous; shimmering, luminous, glittering, sparkling, dazzling, shining, gleaming, glowing, lustrous, scintillating; kaleidoscopic, rainbow-colored, multicolored; literary: glistering, coruscating, effulgent, scintillant.
 

Weissager

divine, auch: intuitiv erkennen, weissagen 

Sekretaer_in

a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts. 

unbeholfen, ungeschickt, unfaehig;

absurd, sinnlos, untauglich, unangebracht

his mother could pitch a wicked fastball, but she was completely inept in the kitchen: incompetent, unskillful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish; clumsy, awkward, maladroit, bungling, blundering; unproductive, unsuccessful, ineffectual, not up to scratch; informal: ham-handed, ham-fisted, butterfingered, klutzy, all thumbs. antonym: competent. 

auffaellig, deutlich, sichtbar

a tropical vine with conspicuous blossoms: easily seen, clear, visible, noticeable, discernible, perceptible, detectable; obvious, manifest, evident, apparent, marked, pronounced, prominent, patent, crystal clear; striking, eye-catching, overt, blatant; distinct, recognizable, unmistakable, inescapable; informal: as plain as the nose on one's face, standing/sticking out like a sore thumb. See note at noticeable . 

anzeigend, hinweisend

the results are indicative of a possible warming trend: symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, representative, emblematic, symbolic; typical, characteristic. 

antonym: unusual 

groehlen, johlen; weinen

1 “Come on!” he bawled: shout, yell, roar, bellow, screech, scream, shriek, howl, whoop, bark, trumpet, thunder; informal: yammer, holler. antonym: whisper.
2 the children continued to bawl: cry, sob, weep, shed tears, wail, whine, howl, squall; rare: ululate.
 

verunglimpfen; beflecken

he never sullied his lips with foul language: taint, defile, soil, tarnish, stain, blemish, pollute, spoil, mar; literary: besmirch, befoul. 

Gunst, Gefaelligkeit, Gnade; 

freundlich, guenstig

noun
their help was such a boon: blessing, godsend, bonus, plus, benefit, advantage, help, aid, asset; stroke of luck, windfall. antonym: curse.
 

duftend

their pubs bear names redolent of the monarchy: evocative, suggestive, reminiscent. 

funkelnd, zuengelnd

the lambent light from a distant campfire: flickering, fluttering, incandescent, twinkling, dancing, radiant, brilliant. 

Schoenheit

noun poetic/literary
beauty.
 

strahlend

adjective poetic/literary
shining brightly : refulgent blue eyes.
 

Unergruendlichkeit

inscrutable: adjective
John Law was a financial genius with inscrutable motives: enigmatic, mysterious, unreadable, inexplicable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, unfathomable, unknowable; opaque, abstruse, arcane, obscure, cryptic. antonym: transparent.

scrupulous:

1 scrupulous attention to detail: careful, meticulous, painstaking, thorough, assiduous, sedulous, attentive, conscientious, punctilious, searching, close, minute, rigorous, particular, strict. antonym: careless.
2 a scrupulous man: honest, honorable, upright, upstanding, high-minded, right-minded, moral, ethical, good, virtuous, principled, incorruptible. antonym: dishonest.
 

Neigung, Tendenz

his propensity for giving long speeches: tendency, inclination, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, readiness, liability, disposition, leaning, weakness. 

Betaeubung

1 alcoholic stupefaction: oblivion, obliviousness, unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, daze.
2 Don shook his head in stupefaction: bewilderment, confusion, perplexity, wonder, amazement, astonishment.
 

hemmen, verschmieren, verstopfen

noun
dancing in clogs takes a lot of practice: sabot, wooden shoe.
verb
the pipes were clogged: block, obstruct, congest, jam, choke, bung up, plug, stop up, fill up, gunge up.
 

horten

noun
a prize-winning hog: pig, sow, swine, porker, piglet, boar; informal: piggy.

verb informal
he hogged the limelight: monopolize, dominate, take over, corner, control. antonym: share.
 

blinzeln, schielen

Silberblick

verb
1 the sun made them squint: screw up one's eyes, narrow one's eyes, peer, blink.
2 he has squinted from birth: be cross-eyed, have a squint, suffer from strabismus.

noun
1 informal : we must have another squint at his records: look, glance, peep, peek, glimpse; view, examination, study, inspection, scan, sight; informal: eyeful, gander, look-see, once-over.
2 does he have a squint ?: cross-eyes, strabismus.
 

einzigartig, unnachahmlich, unvergleichlich

her sister's matchless beauty: incomparable, unrivaled, inimitable, beyond compare/comparison, unparalleled, unequaled, without equal, peerless, second to none, unsurpassed, unsurpassable, nonpareil, unique, consummate, perfect, rare, transcendent, surpassing; formal: unexampled. 

Geistererscheinung, Geist, Gespenst

from a gray and billowy fog the wraith did appear: ghost, specter, spirit, phantom, apparition, manifestation; informal: spook; literary: shade, phantasm. 

verhaetscheln, verwoehnen

it was hurtful to them to see their father cosseting his stepchildren: pamper, indulge, overindulge, mollycoddle, coddle, baby, pet, mother, nanny, nursemaid, pander to, spoil; wait on someone hand and foot. 

Abgasglocke; Leichentuch; Laken

umwoelken, verbergen, umhuellen

noun
1 the shroud of Turin winding sheet; historical: cerements.
2 a shroud of mist | a shroud of secrecy: covering, cover, cloak, mantle, blanket, layer, cloud, veil.

verb
a mist shrouded the shore: cover, envelop, veil, cloak, blanket, screen, conceal, hide, mask, obscure; literary: enshroud.
 

Schlemmer 

noun
an exclusive resort that caters to wealthy sybarites hedonist, sensualist, voluptuary, libertine, pleasure-seeker, epicure, bon vivant, bon viveur. antonym puritan.

andeuten, bekannt geben

1 he intimated to the committee his decision to retire: announce, state, proclaim, declare, make known, make public, publicize, disclose, reveal, divulge, set forth.
2 her feelings were subtly intimated: imply, suggest, hint at, insinuate, indicate, signal, allude to, refer to, convey; informal: get at, drive at.
 

laendlich

their farm had been used as the bucolic setting for two major motion pictures: rustic, rural, pastoral, country, countryside; literary: Arcadian, sylvan, georgic, antonym: cosmopolitan 

beeintraechtigen, schaedigen, verderben

verb [ trans. ] formal
spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of : development programs have been vitiated by the rise in population.
• destroy or impair the legal validity of.
antonym: ameliorate 

demuetigen, erniedrigen, kraenken; absterben; kasteien

1 I'd be mortified if my friends found out: embarrass, humiliate, chagrin, discomfit, shame, abash, horrify, appall.
2 he was mortified at being excluded: hurt, wound, affront, offend, put out, pique, irk, annoy, vex; informal: rile.
3 mortifying the flesh: subdue, suppress, subjugate, control; discipline, chasten, punish.
 

begeistert, enthusiastisch, leidenschaftlich; leuchtend, strahlend

adjective
1 glowing coals: bright, shining, radiant, glimmering, flickering, twinkling, incandescent, luminous, luminescent; lit (up), lighted, illuminated, ablaze; aglow, smoldering.
2 his glowing cheeks: rosy, pink, red, flushed, blushing; radiant, blooming, ruddy, florid; hot, burning.
3 glowing colors: vivid, vibrant, bright, brilliant, rich, intense, strong, radiant, warm.
4 a glowing report: complimentary, favorable, enthusiastic, positive, commendatory, admiring, lionizing, rapturous, rhapsodic, adulatory; fulsome; informal: rave.
 

Gaermittel

fermentieren, vergaeren

verb
1 the beer continues to ferment: undergo fermentation, brew; effervesce, fizz, foam, froth.
2 an environment that ferments disorder: cause, bring about, give rise to, generate, engender, spawn, instigate, provoke, incite, excite, stir up, whip up, foment; literary: beget, enkindle.