Was heißt »schmie­rig« auf Englisch?

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

  • greasy
  • smarmy
  • grimy

Synonyme

an­züg­lich:
insinuating
dre­ckig:
dirty
filthy
fet­tig:
fatty
oily
fri­vol:
lewd
ribald
sleazy
glit­schig:
slippery
heuch­le­risch:
duplicitous
hypocritical
ho­nig­süß:
honey-sweet
ko­tig:
miry
ölig:
oily
pi­kant:
piquant
savoury
spicy
räu­dig:
mangy
scabby
schlie­rig:
slimy
slippery
schlüpf­rig:
slippery
schmud­de­lig:
dingy
filthy
schmut­zig:
dirty
filthy
un­hy­gi­e­nisch:
insanitary
unhygienic
unsanitary
ver­dreckt:
dirty
filthy
manky
ver­schmutzt:
polluted
soiled
zwei­deu­tig:
ambiguous

Sinnverwandte Wörter

rut­schig:
slippery

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom's hands are greasy.

  • Tom's fingers are greasy.

  • I found the food too greasy.

  • I thought the food was too greasy.

  • The food at that restaurant is too greasy for me.

  • The pizza was cold, greasy, and limp, but tasted like heaven to the tired travelers.

  • He put his cooking apron on in order to avoid getting his jumper dirty with greasy stains.

  • He has greasy hair.

  • It's a bit greasy.

  • Tom doesn't like greasy food such as spareribs.

  • Tom has greasy hair.

  • His sleeve touched the greasy pan.

  • I have greasy skin.

  • What is that greasy stuff on your shirt?

  • Tom wiped his greasy fingers on his trousers.

  • I didn't eat all the chips because they were too greasy.

Schmie­rig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: schmierig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: schmierig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 4576030, 4576029, 4132342, 4132341, 4091289, 5788170, 6633256, 1818261, 1476207, 1094413, 8582364, 287069, 282663, 53083, 10181359 & 12042914. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR