Vocabulary
widerlich
/ˈviːdɐlɪç/· adjective
disgusting, revolting; repulsive, obnoxious (people, behaviour)
Widerlich — a strong word for things that disgust you (ein widerlicher Geruch) and for people or behaviour you find repulsive: Das ist einfach widerlich!
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Forms
- Komparativ
- widerlicher
- Superlativ
- am widerlichsten
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
widerlich
disgusting (smell, taste, sight)
Im Kühlschrank lag ein alter Käse, der widerlich roch.
There was an old cheese in the fridge that smelled disgusting.
Word family
widerlichwideragainstder Widerwilleaversion, disgustwiderwilligreluctantdie Widerlichkeitrepulsiveness
Common combinations
- widerlich riechento smell disgusting
- widerlich schmeckento taste revolting
- ein widerlicher Typa repulsive guy
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
ekelhaftekligabstoßend
↔ Opposites
angenehmappetitlichsympathisch
Common learner mistakes
- wiederlichwiderlichIt comes from wider (against), not from wieder (again), so it is written without e.
Real examples
- Der Kaffee aus dem Automaten schmeckt widerlich, aber nachts gibt es im Krankenhaus nichts anderes.The coffee from the machine tastes revolting, but at night there's nothing else in the hospital.
- Die Zuschauer fanden die Szene so widerlich, dass einige das Kino verließen.The audience found the scene so revolting that some of them left the cinema.
- Es ist einfach widerlich, dass manche Leute ihren Müll im Wald entsorgen.It's simply disgusting that some people dump their rubbish in the woods.
