Was heißt »furcht­er­re­gend« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv furcht­er­re­gend (auch: Furcht er­re­gend) lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • terrifying
  • frightening

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Mach dir keine Gedanken. Er macht vielleicht auf den ersten Blick einen furchterregenden Eindruck, aber er ist tatsächlich ein sehr sympathischer Mensch.

Don't worry. He may look intimidating at first glance, but he's actually a very friendly person.

Obwohl furchterregend, fressen Grizzlybären hauptsächlich Fisch, Beeren, Engerlinge und ab und zu ein Schaf.

Though terrifying, grizzlies eat mostly fish, berries, grubs, and the occasional sheep.

Synonyme

alb­traum­haft:
nightmarish
be­ängs­ti­gend:
alarming
alarmingly
frighteningly
be­droh­lich:
dangerous
threatening
ent­setz­lich:
appalling
dreadful
horrible
er­schre­ckend:
alarming
horrific
horrifying
scary
for­mi­da­bel:
formidable
fürch­ter­lich:
awful
dreadful
terrible
grau­en­voll:
gruesome
grau­sig:
ghastly
grisly
gruesome
horrible
macabre
gru­se­lig:
creepy
gruesome
scary
schau­der­haft:
awful
dreadful
horrific
terrible
schau­rig:
creepy
schreck­lich:
horrible
terrible

Englische Beispielsätze

  • This is rather frightening.

  • The amount of money they spent on the wedding is frightening.

  • The idea of clowns frightening people started gaining strength in the United States during the 1970s, partly because of John Wayne Gacy.

  • It sounds downright frightening.

  • If there's something more terrifying in the world than eternity, then it's probably the current progress of my diploma thesis.

  • It was the most frightening experience I have ever had.

  • It was the most frightening experience that Tom had ever had.

  • It was the most frightening experience that I've ever had.

  • It was the most frightening experience I've ever had.

  • Tom found the experience terrifying.

  • Losing the ability to play the violin because of a brain tumor was an especially frightening scenario for her.

  • It's truly frightening.

  • Tom is terrifying.

  • It's terrifying.

  • That's terrifying.

  • Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

  • This movie is frightening to the children.

  • Is bungee jumping frightening or fun?

  • It was a frightening spectacle for the residents of the ancient mountain villages.

  • That was the most frightening experience I'd ever had.

Furcht­er­re­gend übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: furchterregend. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: furchterregend. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2715515, 12349696, 5379358, 5674754, 6331934, 3723959, 2826649, 8171206, 8171207, 8186297, 8186298, 2641476, 8575722, 2249346, 2203441, 2187238, 1676703, 10025700, 681028, 681027, 10238521 & 10478737. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR