tärvellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bane noun A person or thing that causes constant trouble or ruin.
- deform adj Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
- mar verb To spoil or damage something, often leaving a lasting flaw.
- mutilate verb To severely damage or disfigure something, often by cutting off a part.
- ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
Senses
tärvellä is used for these senses in English:
- bane (figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
- cock up (ambitransitive, chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, mildly) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.
- deform (also, figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
- mar (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
- mutilate (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
- ruin (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- vandalise To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.