Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word skerp
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
harshly ; ; | akre | |
🔗 Verskeie Navo‐ministers van buitelandse sake, onder wie die van die VSA, Brittanje en Duitsland, het die Siriese optrede skerp veroordeel. | ||
| ; keen ; poignant ; ; | ||
🔗 Intussen het die Europese Unie (EU) se ministers van buitelandse sake op hul maandelikse spitsberaad gisteroggend in Luxemburg besluit om die EU se sanksies teen Sirië te "verskerp. | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| skerp | ⇆ acid; ⇆ acrid; ⇆ acrimonious; ⇆ aculeate; ⇆ acute; ⇆ biting; ⇆ bitter; ⇆ caustic; ⇆ clear; ⇆ close; ⇆ crisp; ⇆ cute; ⇆ cutting; ⇆ cynical; ⇆ eager; ⇆ edged; ⇆ edgy; ⇆ fierce; ⇆ fine; ⇆ hard; ⇆ harsh; ⇆ hot; ⇆ incisive; ⇆ jagged; ⇆ jaggy; ⇆ keen; ⇆ keen‐edged; ⇆ keenly; ⇆ lancinating; ⇆ mordacious; ⇆ mordant; ⇆ muricate; ⇆ muricated; ⇆ nice; ⇆ nipping; ⇆ nippy; ⇆ peaked; ⇆ penetrating; ⇆ peppery; ⇆ piercing; ⇆ piquant; ⇆ poignant; ⇆ pointed; ⇆ pungent; ⇆ severe; ⇆ sharp; ⇆ shrewd; ⇆ snappily; ⇆ snappish; ⇆ spicular; ⇆ spinose; ⇆ spinous; ⇆ strident; ⇆ strong; ⇆ tart; ⇆ trenchant; ⇆ viruelent |
| ’n skerp oog | ⇆ a quick eye |
| so skerp soos ’n naald | ⇆ as sharp as a needle |
| aanskerp | ⇆ sharpen; ⇆ intensify |
| inskerp | ⇆ enjoin; ⇆ inculcate; ⇆ engraft |
| onskerp | ⇆ out of focus |
| opskerp | ⇆ sharpen; ⇆ whet; ⇆ refresh |
| skerpbeslaan | ⇆ roughshod |
| skerpgereedskap | ⇆ edge‐tool |
| skerpheid | ⇆ acerbity; ⇆ acidity; ⇆ acridity; ⇆ acrimony; ⇆ acuity; ⇆ acumen; ⇆ asperity; ⇆ harshness; ⇆ keenness; ⇆ piquancy; ⇆ poignancy; ⇆ pungency; ⇆ sharpness; ⇆ snappishness; ⇆ tartness; ⇆ trenchancy |
| skerpkant | ⇆ edge |
| skerpsinnig | ⇆ acute; ⇆ argute; ⇆ astute; ⇆ cute; ⇆ discriminating; ⇆ judicious; ⇆ penetrating; ⇆ keen; ⇆ penetrant; ⇆ penetrative; ⇆ perceiving; ⇆ perspicacious; ⇆ quick‐witted; ⇆ sagacious; ⇆ sharp; ⇆ sharp‐sighted; ⇆ shrewd; ⇆ subtle; ⇆ subtle‐witted |
| skerpskutter | ⇆ marksman; ⇆ rifleman; ⇆ sharpshooter; ⇆ tirailleur |
| skerpsnydend | ⇆ keen; ⇆ sharp |
| skerpte | ⇆ acuteness; ⇆ bite; ⇆ brunt; ⇆ definition; ⇆ sharpness; ⇆ edge; ⇆ fineness; ⇆ keenness; ⇆ mordacity |
| skerpwaarnemend | ⇆ perceiving |
| verskerp | ⇆ accentuate; ⇆ exasperate; ⇆ tighten up |