Was heißt »af­fig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »af­fig« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • conceited
  • stuck-up
  • vain
  • lardy dardy

Synonyme

äf­fisch:
apelike
apish
af­fek­tiert:
affected
artificial
al­bern:
silly
bla­siert:
blasé
smug
blöd:
silly
stupid
däm­lich:
sodding
stupid
dün­kel­haft:
entitled
presumptuous
pretentious
dumm:
dumb
stupid
lä­cher­lich:
absurd
comical
funny
ludicrous
ridiculous
ma­nie­riert:
affected
mannered
när­risch:
idiotic
ri­di­kül:
ridiculous
tö­richt:
foolish

Antonyme

be­schei­den:
humble
modest
cool:
cool
echt:
genuine
real
ernst­haft:
serious
ge­las­sen:
calm
serene
ge­rad­li­nig:
rectilinear
straight
pflanz­lich:
vegetable
schlicht:
plain
simple
ver­nünf­tig:
reasonable
sensible
wahr­haft:
real
true
veracious
wei­se:
wise

Englische Beispielsätze

  • There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child.

  • Tom tried in vain to hide his pain.

  • We tried in vain to cheer Tom up.

  • I tried in vain to convince her.

  • All help is in vain.

  • His sacrifice will not be in vain.

  • "Think of me when you go back to Australia," Mary told Tom, as she tried in vain to hold back her tears. "When shall I ever see you again?"

  • At least, he did not die in vain.

  • Your son did not die in vain.

  • Your son did not die in vain. He died a hero.

  • Your son did not die in vain. He died fighting for his country.

  • Tom did not die in vain. He died a hero.

  • He didn't die in vain.

  • Tom used to be conceited.

  • Tom is very conceited.

  • Tom seems conceited.

  • Tom is conceited, isn't he?

  • Tom is very conceited, isn't he?

  • Tom is pretty conceited, isn't he?

  • Tom is really conceited, isn't he?

Übergeordnete Begriffe

ko­misch:
comic

Affig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: affig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: affig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 4846126, 4499368, 4496536, 4945456, 5055375, 5196338, 5315288, 5368737, 5368739, 5368740, 5368741, 5368742, 3962751, 3503219, 3424077, 3424076, 3417285, 3417284, 3417282 & 3417281. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR