Summary
alien {noun}
buitenlander · vreemdeling
alien {adjective}
afschuwelijk · ijselijk · verfoeilijk · misselijk · onsmakelijk · stuitend · walgelijk · weerzinwekkend · afgrijselijk · strijdig · tegengesteld · tegenliggend · tegenstaand · tegenstrijdig · buitenaards · buitenlands · uitheems · onwennig · vreemd
English-Dutch translation for "alien"
"alien" Dutch translation
alien {noun}
alien {noun} (also: foreigner)
alien {noun} [law]
The word alien is a word which we treat very carefully in our European tradition.
alien {adjective}
alien {adj.} (also: abhorrent, abominable, monstrous, shocking)
alien {adj.} (also: abhorrent, abominable, hideous, gruesome)
alien {adj.} (also: abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, nauseous)
alien {adj.} (also: abhorrent, abominable, offensive, nauseous)
alien {adj.} (also: abominable, agonizing, hideous, gruesome)
alien to
The 'purchase for destruction'scheme may be necessary in the short term but it is immoral and certainly alien to the ethos of farming.
alien {adj.} (also: reversed, adverse, contrary, reverse)
alien {adj.} (also: adverse, contrary)
alien {adj.} (also: adverse, contrary)
alien {adj.} (also: adverse, contrary)
alien {adj.} (also: extraterrestrial)
It's amazing to think that this is actually on earth; it looks like aliens in an alien environment.
If you were to visit education, as an alien, and say "What's it for, public education?"
The other possibility -- (Laughter) -- is, perhaps, Enrico Fermi himself was an alien.
But clearly, as far as they're concerned, this is just an alien being that does not have feelings akin to their own.
alien {adj.} (also: foreign, strange)
And that life enjoys a three-dimensional existence, which is alien to us.
Turkey is part of a world that is alien to us in terms of its culture and traditions.
As a French woman and citizen, this vision of the world is particularly alien to me.
The concept of Customs personnel now being required to wear an EU badge is quite alien to us.
In fact, they saw this people who landed at their shores as alien.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "alien":
© Princeton Universityexotic · foreign · estrange · alienate · disaffect · extraterrestrial being · extraterrestrial · foreigner · noncitizen · outlander · stranger · unknown
Usage examples
Usage examples for "alien" in Dutch
Similar words
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