Was heißt »be­droh­lich« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv be­droh­lich lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • dangerous
  • threatening

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Himmel schaut bedrohlich aus.

The sky looks threatening.

Die 80 m hohen, allseitig steilen Felsen zeigen sich abweisend, ja sogar bedrohlich.

The 80m-high cliffs, steep from every angle, appear uninviting, even menacing.

Marias Hund lag friedlich vor der Schlafzimmertür, doch wann immer Tom herbeischlich, weil er zu Maria wollte, die dahinter schlief, wurde er zur bedrohlichen Höllenbestie, die keine Seele an sich vorüberließ.

Mary's dog lay peacefully outside her bedroom door. However, whenever Tom came creeping up to see Mary, who was sleeping inside, the dog became a terrifying hellhound that wouldn't let a soul pass.

Synonyme

aben­teu­er­lich:
adventurous
alb­traum­haft:
nightmarish
be­ängs­ti­gend:
alarming
alarmingly
frightenig
frightenigly
be­denk­lich:
dubious
questionable
dro­hend:
imminent
impending
minatory
düs­ter:
dark
gloomy
murky
ent­setz­lich:
appalling
dreadful
horrible
er­schre­ckend:
alarming
frightening
horrific
horrifying
scary
fins­ter:
dark
for­mi­da­bel:
formidable
furcht­er­re­gend:
frightening
terrifying
ge­fähr­lich:
hazardous
perilous
risky
grau­en­voll:
gruesome
grau­sig:
ghastly
grisly
gruesome
horrible
macabre
gro­tesk:
grotesque
preposterous
gru­se­lig:
creepy
gruesome
scary
kaf­ka­esk:
kafkaesque
rät­sel­haft:
mysterious
ris­kant:
risky
schau­der­haft:
awful
dreadful
horrific
terrible
schau­rig:
creepy
schreck­lich:
horrible
terrible
un­heil­voll:
sinister
un­heim­lich:
scary
uncanny
weird
un­si­cher:
unsafe

Sinnverwandte Wörter

be­sorg­nis­er­re­gend:
alarming
worrisome
kri­tisch:
censorious
critical
crucial

Antonyme

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I didn't know football was such a dangerous sport.

  • It's dangerous to ignore the signal at a level crossing.

  • It's dangerous to play on railway tracks.

  • Typhoons are very dangerous.

  • This junction is dangerous.

  • There are trees in the grounds of the estate which are hundreds of years old. One of them is now threatening to become a hazard.

  • The most dangerous enemy is the kind that you don't know is an enemy.

  • The volcanoes are dangerous.

  • Ignorance is always dangerous.

  • This is a dangerous game.

  • It's dangerous to swim across the river.

  • Swimming across the river is dangerous.

  • You kidding?! Your dog seems dangerous.

  • Jumping off a moving train is dangerous.

  • Jumping from a moving vehicle is dangerous.

  • Both rutting boars and sows with their young can be dangerous to the careless woodland rambler.

  • It's dangerous there after eight o'clock.

  • Tom is probably the most dangerous person here.

  • Everything can be dangerous.

  • This activity is too dangerous for you.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

ge­fähr­lich:
hazardous
perilous
risky

Be­droh­lich übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: bedrohlich. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: bedrohlich. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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