beschimpfen

v/t call s.o. names; (beleidigen) insult; mit Kraftausdrücken: swear at s.o.; jemanden als Lügner etc. beschimpfen call s.o. a liar etc.

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to vituperate; to abuse; to baste; to insult; to offend; to call names

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be|schịmp|fen ptp beschi\#mpft

vt

jdn to swear at, to abuse

jdn als Nazi beschimpfen — to accuse sb of being a Nazi

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1) (to insult or speak roughly to: She abused the servants.) abuse

2) (to speak rudely and angrily to or about (someone); to abuse: I got furious when he started slanging my mother.) slang

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be·schimp·fen *

I. vt

▪ jdn [als etw/mit etw dat] \beschimpfen to insult sb [as/with sth], to call sb names, to hurl abuse at sb

muss ich es mir gefallen lassen, so beschimpft zu werden? do I have to put up with these insults?

sie beschimpfte ihn in übelster Weise she called him dreadful names

jdn aufs Übelste \beschimpfen to abuse sb in the worst possible manner

II. vr

▪ sich akk [gegenseitig] \beschimpfen to insult [or abuse] each other, to call each other names

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transitives Verb abuse; swear at

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beschimpfen v/t call sb names; (beleidigen) insult; mit Kraftausdrücken: swear at sb;

jemanden als Lügner etc

beschimpfen call sb a liar etc

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transitives Verb abuse; swear at

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v.

to abuse v.

to insult v.

to revile v.