Was heißt »miss­lich« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv miss­lich (ver­altet: mißlich) lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • awkward

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Das „Oxford-Komma“ ist misslich, unnötig und in andere Sprachen außer dem Englischen nicht übernehmbar.

The Oxford comma is awkward, unnecessary, and cannot be carried over to languages other than English.

Das ist so misslich.

This is so awkward.

Ich finde es misslich, das zu tun.

I find doing that disagreeable.

Ich erklärte meine missliche Lage.

I explained my predicament.

Synonyme

är­ger­lich:
annoying
blöd:
silly
stupid
bö­se:
bad
evil
dumm:
dumb
stupid
läs­tig:
annoying
irksome
tiresome
miss­lie­big:
unpopular
schlecht:
bad
shoddy
schlimm:
bad
terrible
schreck­lich:
horrible
terrible
stö­rend:
disruptive
un­an­ge­nehm:
disagreeable
nasty
un­be­quem:
uncomfortable
un­er­freu­lich:
unpleasant
un­er­wünscht:
undesirable
unwanted
unwelcome
un­gut:
unpleasant
un­schön:
unaesthetic
unattractive
unbeautiful
unesthetic
unlovely
unpicturesque

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The situation was very awkward.

  • That sentence is awkward to the point of being wrong.

  • Tom is a socially awkward introvert.

  • This sentence seems awkward to me and perhaps is too much of a word-for-word translation of the German.

  • Mary is awkward and shy.

  • Tom is awkward and shy.

  • If you don't think of an excuse quickly, things will become awkward.

  • Tom is shy and awkward.

  • Tom broke the awkward silence.

  • There was a period of awkward silence.

  • Seals are clumsy and awkward on land, but very graceful in the water.

  • Tom's awkward around women.

  • There was an awkward silence.

  • Tom is awkward.

  • That was awkward.

  • Tom was beginning to feel awkward.

  • Tom looks awkward.

  • Tom appears awkward.

  • That must have been socially awkward.

  • Mary's sister is shy and awkward.

Misslich übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: misslich. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: misslich. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2159670, 3320229, 7464202, 7908319, 11157076, 9403771, 9237858, 8950702, 8301114, 8301113, 7679869, 7310246, 6826582, 6826580, 6162120, 5321771, 3722191, 2793182, 2669433, 2641819, 2237207, 2235963, 1516422 & 1397756. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR