German-English translation for "beklemmend"

"beklemmend" English translation

beklemmend
Adjektiv | adjective adj

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oppressive
examples
  • beklemmende Hitze
    oppressive (oder | orod suffocating, stifling) heat
    beklemmende Hitze
  • eine beklemmende Stille figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    an oppressive silence
    eine beklemmende Stille figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
  • ein beklemmendes Gefühl figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    an oppressive (oder | orod uneasy, anxious) feeling
    ein beklemmendes Gefühl figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
It is tragic, it is deplorable, it is shameful.
Das ist tragisch, das ist beklemmend, das ist schändlich.
Source: Europarl
Then there are the moments of suffocation in which you feel like a fish in an aquarium.
Dann gibt es beklemmende Augenblicke, in denen man sich wie ein Fisch in einem Aquarium fühlt.
Source: Europarl
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