grell
Meaning
- glaring, lurid (of light)
- loud, garish (of colour)
- shrill
Concepts
poignant
trenchant
sharp-toned
sprited
witty
frippish
Synonyms
knallig
scharf schmeckend
sinnreich
von scharfem Geschmack
grelltönend
plötzlich auftretend
spitzwinkelig
ins Auge fallen
ins Auge fallend
überlaut
auffällig bunt
volltönend
auufällig
Blicke auf sich ziehen
grellbunt
aufgedonnert
aufgeputzt
lärmig
prunkhaft
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
bländig
Basel-Landschaft
blaarig
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʁɛl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German grel (“angry, violent”), a derivative of grellen (“to cry loudly, scream”). More at grill.
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