WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| crispant adj | (stressant) | tense, strained, fraught adj |
| | L'attente de résultats est toujours une situation un peu crispante. |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| crisper⇒ vtr | (contracter vivement) | tense⇒, contract⇒ vtr |
| | | make [sth] twitch, cause [sth] to twitch v expr |
| | | contort⇒ vtr |
| | La colère crispait les muscles de son visage. |
| | The muscles of his face were tensed (or: contracted) with rage. |
| | Anger made his facial muscles (or: caused his facial muscles to) twitch. |
| | His face was contorted with anger. |
| crisper vtr | (agacer, énerver) (informal) | get on [sb]'s nerves v expr |
| | | irritate⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | put [sb] on edge v expr |
| | Ses plaintes incessantes me crispent. Je lui apprends à conduire mais son manque d'attention me crispe. |
| | Her incessant whining gets on my nerves. |
| | I'm teaching him to drive but his lack of concentration puts me on edge. |
| se crisper⇒ v pron | (être irrité) | be irritated, get irritated vi + adj |
| | (informal) | be on edge v expr |
| | Il s'est crispé à l'annonce des résultats du concours. |
| | He was (or: got) irritated when they announced the competition results. |