Tag: Dawn News Vocabulary

Meaning: بے اطمینانی ۔ کراہت کا اِظہار کرتے ہوۓ شانوں کا اچکانا

Explanation: (Verb)- Raise (one’s shoulders) slightly and momentarily to express doubt, ignorance, or indifference.

Example: Jimmy looked enquiringly at Pete, who shrugged his shoulders.

Synonyms: Action, Bow, Curtsy, Expression.

Antonyms: Repose, Rest

[Dawn Vocabulary: 17-05-2021]

Meaning: ظالمانَہ طَرز عمَل ۔ سَنگدِلی

Explanation: (Noun)- Extreme cruelty or brutality.

Example: The barbarity of the act outraged millions.

Synonyms: Brutality, Cruelty, Inhumanity, Vulgarity.

Antonyms: Kindness, Niceness.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 16-05-2021]

Meaning: مَعائدانہ ۔ حَريفانہ ۔ مُخالِفانَہ ۔ مُخاصِمانَہ ۔ عُضلَہ مُخاصِم

Explanation: (Adjective)- Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.

Example: An antagonistic group of bystanders.

Synonyms: Combative, Hostile.

Antonyms: Agreeable, Friendly, Kind, Nice.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 16-05-2021]

Meaning: تفریح ۔ کھیل ۔ کھیلنا ۔ تھکن دور کرنا

Explanation: (Noun)- The state or experience of finding something funny.

Example: We looked with amusement at our horoscopes.

Synonyms: Delight, Diversion, Enjoyment, Hilarity.

Antonyms: Gloom, Melancholy, Misery.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 13-05-2021]

Meaning: کابوسی؛ بھیانک؛ ہولناک؛ دہشت انگیز

Explanation: (Adjective)- Of the nature of a nightmare; very frightening or unpleasant.

Example: A nightmarish vision of the future.

Synonyms: Awful, Chilling, Disquieting.

Antonyms: Calming, Good, Nice, Normal.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 13-05-2021]

Meaning: فرش بند کرنا ۔چہکا لگانا ۔ سطح کو ڈھانکنا ۔ اسفالٹ ۔ اینٹ ۔ روڑی

Explanation: (Verb)- Cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks; lay paving over.

Example: The yard at the front was paved with flagstones.

Synonyms: Brick, Cobblestone, Flagstone.

Antonyms: Dig up, Strip.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 12-05-2021]

Meaning: گرما گرمی

Explanation: (Noun)- Engagement in a long, complicated dispute or argument.

Example: Weeks of political wrangling.

Synonyms: Bicker, Disagree, Quarrel, Quibble.

Antonyms: Agree, Concur, Give in.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 11-05-2021]

Meaning: جوڑ ، قبضہ چُول ، کسی اصول پر مبنی ہونا

Explanation: (Noun)- A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects.

Example: This period can be called the hinge of history.

Synonyms: Articulation, Axis.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 10-05-2021]