Was heißt »be­lei­di­gend« auf Englisch?

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

  • abusive
  • offensive
  • insulting

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Sie konnte seine beleidigenden Worten nicht länger hinnehmen.

She could no longer put up with his insulting words.

Der Satz ist beleidigend gemeint.

The phrase is meant to insult people.

Das Hotelpersonal sprach in dem Glauben, nicht verstanden zu werden, beleidigend über die Gäste.

The hotel staff spoke rudely about the guests in the belief that they wouldn't be understood.

Ich als Amerikaner empfinde das als beleidigend.

As an American, I find that offensive.

Vielleicht hältst du deinen Kommentar für harmlos, ich fand ihn aber sehr beleidigend.

You may think your comment was innocuous, but I found it very offensive.

Tom war beleidigend.

Tom was abusive.

Tom ist beleidigend.

Tom is offensive.

Es besteht kein Grund, beleidigend zu werden.

There's no need to be insulting.

Das Wort „bitch“ bedeutet eigentlich „Hündin“. Wer in ungezwungenen Gesprächen in herabwürdigender, plumper und beleidigender Weise eine Frau so bezeichnet, der gibt sich als zurückgeblieben mit möglichem Hang zur sexuellen Belästigung zu erkennen.

The word "bitch" literally means a female dog. Its use in casual conversation to apply to a woman is demeaning, crude and insulting, and marks the person who uses this descriptor to be backwards and, potentially, a sexual harasser.

Nachdem er alle in schon beleidigender Form kritisiert hatte, wechselte Tom in die Opferrolle.

After criticizing everyone in ways that were bordering on insults, Tom switched to the role of victim.

Dein Angebot ist beleidigend.

Your offer is offensive.

Synonyme

ät­zend:
caustic
bei­ßend:
biting
bis­sig:
vicious
eh­ren­rüh­rig:
defamatory
ge­häs­sig:
malicious
spiteful
höh­nisch:
scornful
kaus­tisch:
caustic
mordant
po­le­misch:
polemic
sar­do­nisch:
sardonic
sar­kas­tisch:
sarcastic
sa­ti­risch:
satirical
scharf­zün­gig:
sharp-tongued
spitz:
pointed
sharp
spöt­tisch:
derisive
derisively
derisorily
derisory
mocking
mockingly
quizzical
scoffingly
sneering
tauntingly
ver­ächt­lich:
contemptuous
ver­leum­de­risch:
libellous
libelous
slanderous
zy­nisch:
cynical

Sinnverwandte Wörter

ab­fäl­lig:
derogatory
disdainful
disparaging
de­s­pek­tier­lich:
contemptuous
dismissive
disparaging
disrespectful
disrespectfully
flippant
irreverent
ge­schmack­los:
tasteless
obs­zön:
obscene
obscenely
re­s­pekt­los:
dismissive
disrespectful
disrespectfully
flippant
impious
irreverent
irreverently
unfilial
unfilially
unrespectful
unrespectfully
with disrespect

Antonyme

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He had drunk too much and became offensive.

  • English usage is not uniform throughout the world, and some words are considered more offensive in some areas of the English-speaking world than elsewhere.

  • This is an offensive sentence.

  • Tom seemed to enjoy insulting people.

  • Nobody is insulting you.

  • Botany is the art of drying out plants with pieces of paper and insulting them in Greek and Latin.

  • The Viet Cong launched the Tet offensive on January 30, 1968.

  • A purse of three thousand drachmas, however, was cast ashore, and now lies covered with seaweed near a dead dolphin, the stench of which is so offensive, that all who pass that way hasten by it as fast as they can.

  • Tom's jokes are offensive.

  • Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

  • If you believe that insulting you would solve the problem of the fishermen, well, let me say, you deceive yourself.

  • His jokes border on the insulting.

  • The word "nigger" is an offensive term.

  • The police conducted an offensive against some drug dealers.

  • The plans for the offensive were secret.

  • Several soldiers were injured in the offensive.

  • The smell was offensive.

  • Your attitude towards women is offensive.

  • The speaker's comments were highly offensive.

  • Yes, in Osaka, too, we say "idiot" when we are insulting someone.

Be­lei­di­gend übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: beleidigend. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: beleidigend. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 639903, 2432364, 2991253, 3126739, 3595704, 6614964, 6619304, 8174847, 10219114, 10506470, 12305511, 11213436, 10219435, 10056198, 7130755, 6862499, 6861642, 6214614, 6213207, 6033338, 2347536, 1498047, 1205587, 752989, 681615, 681614, 681613, 681612, 681611, 681610 & 402597. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR