Was heißt »mut­wil­lig« auf Englisch?

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

  • thoughtless
  • careless
  • irresponsible

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Hütte wurde mutwillig zerstört.

The hut was wantonly destroyed.

Synonyme

ab­sicht­lich:
intentional
on purpose
ab­sichts­voll:
deliberate
be­wusst:
aware (aware of ''something'')
clear (clear to ''somebody'')
conscious
considered
deliberate
intentional
wilful
willful
ex­t­ra:
additionally
ge­flis­sent­lich:
assiduous
deliberate
studious
ge­wollt:
intended
ge­zielt:
aimed
targeted
vor­sätz­lich:
intentional
wil­lent­lich:
deliberately
on purpose
wis­sent­lich:
knowingly

Sinnverwandte Wörter

bos­haft:
despiteful
malevolent
vicious
wicked
leicht­fer­tig:
carelessly
leicht­sin­nig:
devil-may-care
frivolous
lightheaded
reckless

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He's young, immature, and irresponsible.

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

  • You're very careless.

  • I'm very careless.

  • I'm so thoughtless.

  • It was careless of him to leave the door open.

  • That happened to you because you were careless.

  • I admit I was careless.

  • I admit that I've been careless.

  • Tom was very careless.

  • I didn't think you'd be so careless.

  • I didn't think you would be so careless.

  • You're an irresponsible idiot.

  • Why are people so careless?

  • How could you be so careless?

  • Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • Tom and Mary are irresponsible parents.

  • Tom was thoughtless, wasn't he?

  • Tom was careless.

  • Tom is very careless.

Mut­wil­lig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

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