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
- verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- verb To annoy or irritate someone.
compound — full definition
- noun A fenced or walled area containing a group of buildings, often used for security or living quarters.
- adjective Made up of two or more parts or elements combined.
- verb To combine different elements or ingredients into one substance.
- verb To make a problem worse by adding to it.
- verb (finance) To calculate interest on both the original amount and the interest already earned.