vergraulen

Meaning

1. (transitive, weak) to put off, drive off, scare off (cause someone to lose interest, e.g. through unfriendliness)
2. (transitive, uncommon, weak) to spoil something for someone (make them lose interest in)

Concepts

scare

😨

spoil

Synonyms

vergällen

aufregen

echauffieren

ereifern

erregen

verärgern

verderben

verleiden

verscheuchen

vergrätzen

in die Suppe spucken

vermiesen

miesmachen

vergrämen

ärgern

verekeln

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ferˈɡraʊ̯lən/

Etymology

20th century, from ver- + graulen (“to be scared”, rare or regional). The latter is from earlier graueln, a variant of (also rare) gräueln, from Middle High German griuweln, grūweln, whence the noun Gräuel (“horror”). The form with -ūw- (modern -au-) probably shows the same Central German development as in brauen, kauen. The change from -eln to -len is unremarkable (in fact, many speakers merge these entirely).