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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
August 11, 2019
Obligation (noun) ذمہ داری، فرض، احسان
an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
Example: “I have an obligation to look after her”
Synonyms: duty, commitment, responsibility, moral imperative
Antonyms: laziness, indifference
Tumult (noun) ہنگامہ، دنگا،بلوا، فساد، مجمع کا شور
a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.
Example: “a tumult of shouting and screaming broke out”
Synonyms: din, loud noise, racket, uproar, commotion, ruckus, rumpus, hubbub, pandemonium,
Antonyms: silence, peace, tranquillity
Brutality (noun) بربریت، وحشیانہ، بے رحمی
savage physical violence; great cruelty.
Example: “brutality against civilians”
Synonyms: savagery, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, viciousness, ferocity, barbarity, wickedness,
Antonyms: gentleness, kindness
Inclination (noun) جھکا ہوا، ٹیڑھا، ڈھلوان
a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.
Example: “John was a scientist by training and inclination”
Synonyms: tendency, propensity, proclivity, leaning; predisposition, disposition,
Antonyms: aversion, disinclination
Devour (verb) ہڑپ کر جانا، نگل جانا، کھا جانا
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
Example: “he devoured half of his burger in one bite”
Synonyms: eat hungrily, eat quickly, eat greedily, eat heartily, eat up, swallow, gobble (up/down),
Antonyms: disgorge, vomit
Trample (verb) پامال کرنا، روندنا
tread on and crush.
Example: “the fence had been trampled down”
Synonyms: tread, tramp, stamp, walk over; squash, crush, flatten, compress,
Antonyms: help, aid, assist
Starve (verb) فاقہ کشی، بھوک سے مرنا
suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.
Example: “she left her animals to starve”
Synonyms: dying of hunger, dying from lack of food, faint from lack of food, deprived of food,
Antonyms: well fed, full
Dampen (verb) قابو کرنا، گیلا کرنا،
make slightly wet.
Example: “the fine rain dampened her face”
Synonyms: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water, irrigate, humidify
Antonyms: dry, drench
Malevolent (adjective) بدتمیزی، بداندیشی، بدخواہ
having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Example: “the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”
Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded, baleful, bitter, evil-intentioned, poisonous
Antonyms: benevolent
Torrential سیلابی بارش
(of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities.
Example: “a torrential downpour”
Synonyms: copious, severe, heavy, rapid, relentless, violent; soaking, teeming
Antonyms: controlled, poor