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erschweren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aggravate verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
  • compound noun A fenced or walled area containing a group of buildings, often used for security or living quarters.
  • hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
  • impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
  • interfere verb To get involved in something in a way that disrupts or is unwelcome.

Senses

erschweren is used for these senses in English:

  • aggravate To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]
  • compound (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
  • hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
  • hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
  • impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
  • let down (intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.

aggravate — full definition

  1. verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
  2. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

compound — full definition

  1. noun A fenced or walled area containing a group of buildings, often used for security or living quarters.
  2. adjective Made up of two or more parts or elements combined.
  3. verb To combine different elements or ingredients into one substance.
  4. verb To make a problem worse by adding to it.
  5. verb (finance) To calculate interest on both the original amount and the interest already earned.

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